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Cost of FAC grants

#1 Post by Gaz »

Quick question - I remember a police force disclosed, probably through Freedom of Information, that granting a firearm certificate cost it something like £60. Can anyone tell me which police force that was? Bonus points for a link to the source!

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It was discussed here;

http://www.full-bore.co.uk/viewtopic.ph ... 91#p208191

South Wales police at cost of £67, (links in above post)

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#3 Post by Gaz »

I did, and I can't find my own source for the £67 - though I'm certain I've seen it somewhere.
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Well I just did the maths based on the link to the freedom of information disclosure from South Wales police and divided their total expenditure recorded (£197,814.86) by the number of FAC and SGC applications/renewals etc. (2922) which comes to.......


£67.70 (rounded)

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I knew I'd come up with £67 from somewhere useful, cheers!
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#6 Post by Dellboy »

wish they would increase the cost and get them done quicker ,my mates on 8 weeks and counting for a variation
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My last variation took just over 8 weeks for a 1for1 with no other changes. Renewals are taking 18 weeks it has been reported.
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#8 Post by Tommygunn »

My last variation took 48hours, (post office tracking said it arrived with them Monday am, fresh FAC on my doormat Wednesday morning), so it's not all bad!
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Tommygunn wrote:My last variation took 48hours, (post office tracking said it arrived with them Monday am, fresh FAC on my doormat Wednesday morning), so it's not all bad!

your not in Essex
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#10 Post by Tommygunn »

No indeed, Sussex.

Word was there was a little reshuffle in the licensing dept when a couple of members of staff retired and the system miraculously became really quite rapid and efficient...
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