FOI 0796-2025/26- Firearms licensing appeals

Request:

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding firearms licensing appeals received by your force.

Please could you provide the following data for each of the past five performance years (2020/1, 2021/2, 2022/3, 2023/4 & 2024/5) inclusive:

Q1. The total number of firearms licensing appeals received by your force per year.

Q2. For each year, a breakdown of how these appeals were concluded, using the following categories:

Appeal dismissed

Appeal upheld

Abandoned by appellant

Abandoned by police

Ongoing

Response: 

Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police.

I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police. 

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the following information to you.

Q1 & Q2. Please see the table showing the number of firearms licensing appeals received between 2020 and 2025 broken down by calendar year and outcome.

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.