Written Question·Home Office·UIN 16324
Firearms: Licensing
Tabled: 26 November 2024
Answered: 4 December 2024
Question
Max Wilkinson
Liberal Democrat — Cheltenham
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that the cost of firearms licensing does not reduce resources available for other operational policing.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonFirearms licensing fees have not been increased since 2015 and are now significantly less than the cost of the service provided by the police.The Government’s Manifesto includes a commitment to move to full cost recovery for firearms licensing fees, and m...
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