Staff & budget for the MPS Firearms Enquiry Team

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.026788

I note you seek access to the following information:

Please provide in respect of the London Metropolitan Police Firearms Enquiry Team:
1. The annual budged.
2. The total number of staff.
3. The annual performance review.

The above for each year going back 5 years.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Please provide in respect of the London Metropolitan Police Firearms Enquiry Team:
1. The annual budged.
2. The total number of staff.

Firearms Equiry Team		BUD Cost	Bud Cost	BUD Cost	BUD Cost	BUD Cost
Rank	FTES	2022-23	2021-22	2020-21	2019-20	2018-19
Total Staff	54	£3,036,385	£2,819,866	£2,751,089	£2,751,089	£2,683,989

The above grid includes budget details for the 5-year period requested, together with total staff numbers.

Please note that the increase in 22-23 relates to an increase of 3 staff members.

Q3 - The annual performance review.

With reference to an annual performance review, please note that there is no internal annual performance review available for disclosure by the MPS, however, I have provided a link below with UK-wide details and statistics provided by the UK Government:
Statistics on firearm and shotgun certificates, England and Wales: April 2021 to March 2022

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