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Table 1  Firearm certificates: applications, certificates on issue and firearms covered by certificates, 1971 and 1981 to 2009/101,2 | Unnamed: 1 | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3 | Unnamed: 4 | Unnamed: 5 | Unnamed: 6 | Unnamed: 7 | Unnamed: 8 | Unnamed: 9 | Unnamed: 10 | Unnamed: 11 | Unnamed: 12 | Unnamed: 13 | Unnamed: 14 | Unnamed: 15
Numbers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | England and Wales
 |  |  |  | Applications |  |  |  |  |  | Firearm |  | Number of
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | certificates |  | firearms
 |  | New applications |  |  |  | Renewal applications3 |  |  |  | on issue |  | covered by
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | certificates
Year |  | Granted |  | Refused |  | Granted |  | Refuse |  |  |  | on issue4
1971 |  | .. |  | .. |  | .. |  | .. |  | 190600 |  | ..
1981 |  | .. |  | .. |  | .. |  | .. |  | 164900 |  | ..
1982 |  | .. |  | .. |  | .. |  | .. |  | 162700 |  | ..
19835 |  | 10500 |  | 230 |  | 43400 |  | 200 |  | 159800 |  | ..
19845 |  | 11400 |  | 220 |  | 43700 |  | 180 |  | 160300 |  | ..
19855 |  | 11700 |  | 220 |  | 44200 |  | 150 |  | 160400 |  | ..
19865 |  | 12100 |  | 260 |  | 43600 |  | 240 |  | 160300 |  | ..
19875 |  | 11500 |  | 230 |  | 42600 |  | 280 |  | 159000 |  | ..
19885 |  | 10100 |  | 240 |  | 41400 |  | 410 |  | 155400 |  | ..
1989 |  | 10800 |  | 260 |  | 40500 |  | 300 |  | 149400 |  | ..
1990 |  | 11200 |  | 230 |  | 38700 |  | 240 |  | 142500 |  | ..
1991 |  | 10100 |  | 180 |  | 38400 |  | 170 |  | 138600 |  | ..
1992 |  | 10600 |  | 160 |  | 38500 |  | 120 |  | 136800 |  | ..
1993 |  | 10900 |  | 120 |  | 37300 |  | 170 |  | 138400 |  | ..
1994 |  | 11700 |  | 120 |  | 37900 |  | 130 |  | 140200 |  | ..
1995 |  | 10900 |  | 110 |  | 38500 |  | 110 |  | 141700 |  | 413600
1996 |  | 10200 |  | 160 |  | 38100 |  | 120 |  | 141900 |  | 418300
1997 |  | 6800 |  | 120 |  | 32800 |  | 80 |  | 133600 |  | 305000
1998 |  | 5900 |  | 110 |  | 1600 |  | 10 |  | 131900 |  | 295000
1999 |  | 5000 |  | 90 |  | 250 |  | 0 |  | 132300 |  | 296400
2000 |  | 5900 |  | 80 |  | 26200 |  | 90 |  | 125400 |  | 296800
2001 |  | 7100 |  | 80 |  | 31300 |  | 110 |  | 119600 |  | 301000
2002 |  | 8600 |  | 80 |  | 28800 |  | 90 |  | 117700 |  | 311000
2002/03 |  | 8600 |  | 70 |  | 25100 |  | 70 |  | 118600 |  | 316700
2003/04 |  | 7700 |  | 80 |  | 4100 |  | 10 |  | 122100 |  | 342200
2004/05 |  | 9100 |  | 150 |  | 8300 |  | 10 |  | 126400 |  | 358300
2005/06 |  | 8600 |  | 90 |  | 29100 |  | 40 |  | 127900 |  | 368600
2006/076 |  | .. |  | .. |  | .. |  | .. |  | .. |  | ..
2007/086 |  | 11601 |  | 123 |  | 30158 |  | 50 |  | 128528 |  | ..
2008/09 |  | 10046 |  | 133 |  | 9668 |  | 24 |  | 138728 |  | 435383
2009/10 |  | 9462 |  | 105 |  | 13500 |  | 15 |  | 141775 |  | 451131
1. Figures for calendar years are as at 31 December, financial years as at 31 March.
2. Figures up to 2005/06 are rounded; since 2007/08 figures are unrounded.
3. The extension of the period of the certificates from three years to five years in 1995 means that renewal figures since this date are not directly comparable. No renewals were due in 1998 and 1999, those shown are delayed applications from 1997.
4. Full returns for all police forces available only from 1995.
5. Includes estimates made centrally for a small number of forces.
6. Figures are not available due to the transition from in-force data collection systems to the National Firearms Licensing Management System (NFLMS) in 2006.