As part of our commitment to providing an open and transparent service, please see the May 2026 performance figures in the table below.
| Applications Submitted This Month | Queries Raised This Month (Medical, Police reports etc.) | Responses To Queries Received | Average Days For Response (Medical, Police reports etc.) | Applications Completed This Month (Inc. Queue Delays) | % Completed Target (16 Weeks) | Average Days From Assign To Processor To Completion (Includes delays from external queries.) | % Assign To Completion | |
| Initial Grant | 125 | 140 | 252 | 54.5 | 115 | 24.3% | 73.5 | 87.0% |
| Variation | 313 | 240 | 266 | 52.0 | 247 | 76.1% | 42.6 | 91.1% |
| Regrant | 730 | 560 | 554 | 56.2 | 669 | 81.0% | 41.2 | 89.7% |
| Regrant with Variation | 95 | 65 | 71 | 45.0 | 70 | 67.1% | 34.4 | 97.1% |
| 1263 | 1005 | 1143 | 54.3 | 1101 | 73.1% | 44.4 | 90.2% |
Notes
- Queries are requests for information from organisations or individuals external or internal to PSNI Firearms and Explosives Branch. Examples include Firearms Enquiry Officer (FEO) and Medicals.
- Current target 16 weeks.
- Applications completed - The number of applications received will differ from the total of applications completed that month as completion dates will differ from submitted dates.