Firearm Certificate Statistics, Scotland
Source: data.gov.uk (2014-05-31)

Statistics relating to firearm and shot gun certificates under the Firearms Act, 1968.

Source agency: Scottish Government

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Firearm Certificate Statistics, Scotland

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Topic Housing (/housing/)

Statistics on new housebuilding, affordable housing supply, rents in the private sector, local authority and social housing, and short term lets licencing.

On this page
- Quarterly housing update (#quarterlyhousingupdate)
- Empty properties and Second homes (#emptypropertiesandsecondhomes)
- Housing Statistics Annual Key Trends (#housingstatisticsannualkeytrends)
- Private Sector Rent statistics (#privatesectorrentstatistics)
- Short term lets licensing (#shorttermletslicensing)
- Social Tenants in Scotland (#socialtenantsinscotland)
- Scottish Household Survey (#scottishhouseholdsurvey)
- Scottish Household Survey - Local Authority Summary Report (#scottishhouseholdsurvey-localauthoritysummaryreport)
- Housing statistics: Excel webtables (#housingstatistics:excelwebtables)
- Housing statistics: Data quality, sources and suitability (#housingstatistics:dataquality,sourcesandsuitability)
- Scottish Government & Office for National Statistics Stakeholder Event - Scottish PRS price indices and statistics (#scottishgovernment&officefornationalstatisticsstakeholderevent-scottishprspriceindicesandstatistics)
- Housing statistics across the UK (#housingstatisticsacrosstheuk)
- Housing and regeneration outcomes framework: indicator updates (#housingandregenerationoutcomesframework:indicatorupdates)
- Private rented sector statistics user event June 2019 (#privaterentedsectorstatisticsusereventjune2019)
- Archive (#archive)
Quarterly housing update

A summary of activity in new build housing and affordable housing in Scotland.

The Housing Statistics for Scotland Quarterly Update includes an update on Affordable Housing Supply approvals, starts and completions, all-sector, private sector, and social sector new house building starts and completions. The publication presents annual rates of new housebuilding and affordable housing supply per head of population, including comparisons to other UK countries.
- Housing Statistics for Scotland Quarterly Update: New Housebuilding and Affordable Housing Supply to end September 2025 (/publications/quarterly-housing-statistics-december-2025/)
- Housing Statistics for Scotland Quarterly Update: New Housebuilding and Affordable Housing Supply to end June 2025 (/publications/quarterly-housing-statistics-september-2025/)
- Housing Statistics for Scotland Quarterly Update: New Housebuilding and Affordable Housing Supply to end March 2025 (/publications/quarterly-housing-statistics-june-2025/)
- Housing Statistics for Scotland Quarterly Update: New Housebuilding and Affordable Housing Supply to end December 2024 (/publications/quarterly-housing-statistics-march-2025/)
- Housing Statistics for Scotland Quarterly Update: New Housebuilding and Affordable Housing Supply to end September 2024 (/publications/quarterly-housing-statistics-december-2024/)
- Housing Statistics for Scotland Quarterly Update: New Housebuilding and Affordable Housing Supply to end June 2024 (/publications/quarterly-housing-statistics-september-2024/)
- Housing Statistics for Scotland Quarterly Update: New Housebuilding and Affordable Housing Supply to end March 2024 (/publications/quarterly-housing-statistics-june-2024/)
- Housing Statistics for Scotland Quarterly Update: New Housebuilding and Affordable Housing Supply to end December 2023 (/publications/quarterly-housing-statistics-march-2024/)
- Housing Statistics for Scotland Quarterly Update: New Housebuilding and Affordable Housing Supply to end September 2023 (/publications/quarterly-housing-statistics-december-2023/)
- Housing Statistics for Scotland Quarterly Update: New Housebuilding and Affordable Housing Supply to end June 2023 (/publications/quarterly-housing-statistics-september-2023/)
- Housing Statistics for Scotland Quarterly Update: New Housebuilding and Affordable Housing Supply (published 27 June 2023) (/publications/quarterly-housing-statistics-june-2023/)
Empty properties and Second homes

Statistics on empty properties, unoccupied exemptions and second homes sourced from council tax base returns collected annually from local authorities.
- Second Homes and Empty Properties in September 2025 (/publications/second-homes-and-empty-properties-in-september-2025/)
- Second Homes and Empty Properties in September 2024 (/publications/second-homes-and-empty-properties-in-september-2024/)
Housing Statistics Annual Key Trends

Statistics on housing stock, new housing supply, local authority stock, and housing management.
- Local authority total and vacant housing stock, Scotland, March 2025 (/publications/local-authority-total-and-vacant-housing-stock-scotland-march-2025/)
- Housing Statistics 2024: Key Trends Summary (/publications/housing-statistics-2024-key-trends-summary/)
- Local authority total and vacant housing stock, Scotland, March 2024 (/publications/local-authority-total-and-vacant-housing-stock-scotland-march-2024/)
- Housing Statistics 2022 & 2023: Key Trends Summary (/publications/housing-statistics-2022-2023-key-trends-summary/)
- Housing Statistics 2020 & 2021: Key Trends Summary (/publications/housing-statistics-2020-2021-key-trends-summary/)
- Housing statistics 2019: key trends summary (/publications/housing-statistics-scotland-2019-key-trends-summary/)
- Housing statistics 2018: key trends summary (/publications/housing-statistics-scotland-2018-key-trends-summary/)
- Housing statistics 2017: key trends summary (/publications/housing-statistics-scotland-2017-key-trends-summary/)
Private Sector Rent statistics

Information on Private Sector Rents across 18 Broad Rental Market areas in Scotland.

Note that these statistics are largely based on advertised rents and do not represent changes in rents for existing tenants.
- Private Sector Rent Statistics, Scotland, 2010 to 2025 (/publications/private-sector-rent-statistics-scotland-2010-to-2025/)
- Private Sector Rent Statistics, Scotland, 2010 to 2024 (/publications/private-sector-rent-statistics-scotland-2010-to-2024/)
- Private Sector Rent Statistics, Scotland, 2010 to 2023 (/publications/private-sector-rent-statistics-scotland-2010-to-2023/)
- Private Sector Rent Statistics, Scotland, 2010 to 2022 (/publications/private-sector-rent-statistics-scotland-2010-2022/)
- Private sector rent statistics: 2010 - 2021 (/publications/private-sector-rent-statistics-scotland-2010-2021/)
- Private sector rent statistics: 2010 - 2020 (/publications/private-sector-rent-statistics-scotland-2010-2020/)
- Private sector rent statistics: 2010 - 2019 (/publications/private-sector-rent-statistics-2010-2019/)
Short term lets licensing

The latest release of Short Term Lets Licencing Statistics Scotland reports on the operation of the short term lets licensing scheme under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Order 2022. It presents information on data collected from local authorities.

This quarterly statistical series provides information on the number of licence applications received, granted and pending determination, along with information on the type of letting, type of property and other accommodation details. The statistical publication provides an overview of key findings, with the supporting documents Excel file providing a range of further more detailed tables at a Scotland, local authority and data zone level.
- Short Term Lets Licensing Statistics Scotland to 30 June 2025 (/publications/short-term-lets-licensing-statistics-scotland-to-30-june-2025/)
- Short Term Lets Licensing Statistics Scotland to 31 December 2024 (/publications/short-term-lets-licensing-statistics-scotland-to-31-december-2024/)
- Short Term Lets Licensing Statistics Scotland to 30 June 2024 (/publications/short-term-lets-licensing-statistics-scotland-to-30-june-2024/)
- Short Term Lets Licensing Statistics Scotland to 31 December 2023 (/publications/short-term-lets-licensing-statistics-scotland-to-31-december-2023/)
- Short Term Lets Licensing Statistics Scotland to 30 June 2023 (/publications/short-term-lets-licensing-statistics-scotland-to-30-june-2023/)
- Short Term Lets Licensing Statistics Scotland to 31 March 2023 (/publications/short-term-lets-licensing-statistics-scotland-to-31-march-2023/)
Social Tenants in Scotland

Overview of social tenants and social rented housing in Scotland including stock, household characteristics, housing Social tenants in Scotland flows, rents and income levels.
- Social tenants in Scotland 2017 (/publications/social-tenants-scotland-2017/)
- Social tenants in Scotland 2016 (/publications/social-tenants-scotland-2016/)
- Social Tenants in Scotland 2015 (/publications/social-tenants-scotland-2015/)
Scottish Household Survey

The latest data available for housing tenure can be found below:
- Households in Scotland by housing tenure: Scottish Household Survey, 2023 (/publications/households-in-scotland-by-housing-tenure-scottish-household-survey-2023/)
Scottish Household Survey - Local Authority Summary Report

A short analysis of key points of interest from the Scottish Household Survey 2018 local authority level tables on housing.
- Scottish Household Survey local authority summary report for housing topics (/publications/scottish-household-survey-local-authority-summary-report-for-housing-topics/)
- Scottish household survey: local authority tables (/publications/scottish-household-local-authority-tables/)
Housing statistics: Excel webtables

A range of additional Excel webtables available to download
- Housing statistics quarterly update: new housebuilding and affordable housing supply (/publications/housing-statistics-for-scotland-new-house-building/)
- Housing statistics: Stock by tenure (/publications/housing-statistics-stock-by-tenure/)
- Housing statistics: Conversions and demolitions (/publications/housing-statistics-conversions-and-demolitions/)
- Housing statistics: Sales of social sector housing (/publications/housing-statistics-sales-of-social-sector-housing/)
- Housing statistics: Local authority housing stock (/publications/housing-statistics-local-authority-housing-stock/)
- Housing statistics: Housing for older people and people with disabilities (/publications/housing-statistics-housing-for-older-people-and-people-with-disabilities/)
- Housing statistics: Management of local authority housing (/publications/housing-statistics-management-of-local-authority-housing/)
- Housing statistics: Houses in multiple occupation (/publications/housing-statistics-houses-in-multiple-occupation/)
- Housing statistics: Scheme of Assistance (/publications/housing-statistics-scheme-of-assistance/)
- Housing statistics: Second homes and empty properties (/publications/housing-statistics-empty-properties-and-second-homes/)
- Housing statistics: Supply of new housebuilding (/publications/supply-of-new-housebuilding/)
- Housing statistics: Scottish Landlord Register data (/publications/scottish-landlord-register-data/)
Housing statistics: Data quality, sources and suitability

Information on housing statistics developments across the UK is available on the Government Analysis Function Housing, homelessness and planning statistics webpages (https://analysisfunction.civilservice.gov.uk/government-statistical-service-and-statistician-group/user-facing-pages/housing-and-planning-statistics/).
- Housing statistics: Data quality, sources and suitability (/publications/housing-statistics-data-quality-sources-and-suitability/)
- Explanation of quarterly housing statistics (/publications/explanation-of-quarterly-housing-statistics/)
Scottish Government & Office for National Statistics Stakeholder Event - Scottish PRS price indices and statistics

The minutes for the Stakeholder Event on Scottish PRS price indices and statistics, held on 7th February, are available below.
- Scottish Government and Office for National Statistics Stakeholder event minutes: February 2024 (/publications/scottish-government-office-for-national-statistics-stakeholder-event-scottish-prs-price-indices-and-statistics/)
Housing statistics across the UK

Information on housing statistics developments across the UK is available on the Government Analysis Function Housing, homelessness and planning statistics webpages (https://analysisfunction.civilservice.gov.uk/government-statistical-service-and-statistician-group/user-facing-pages/housing-and-planning-statistics/).

Housing and regeneration outcomes framework: indicator updates

The latest update to the Housing and Regeneration Outcome Indicators was published on Tuesday 22 November 2022. (https://www.gov.scot/publications/housing-and-regeneration-outcomes-framework-indicator-updates/)

Private rented sector statistics user event June 2019

The Private rented sector statistics user event brought together users of PRS statisics, and took place in Edinburgh on 25 June 2019.

Materials used on the day, including the agenda, speaker photos and biographies, summary notes and presentation slides for each session can be found by clicking on the link below.

Private rented sector statistics: user event 25 June 2019 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) (https://www.gov.scot/publications/private-rented-sector-statistics-user-event-25-june-2019/)

Archive

You can find older reports and datatsets via our archive (http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20190501135743/https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration?utm_source=website&utm_medium=navigation&utm_campaign=statistics-topics), or by searching for housing statistics on the NRS Web Archive (nrscotland.gov.uk) (https://webarchive.nrscotland.gov.uk/)

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