Written Question·Home Office·UIN 27584

Firearms: Licensing

Tabled: 30 January 2025
Answered: 7 February 2025

Question

Shivani Raja

ConservativeLeicester East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with Police and Crime Commissioners in (a) Leicestershire and (b) England on the potential impact of changes to the cost of firearms licenses on the police.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
On 15 January 2025, the Government laid a statutory instrument before Parliament that will increase fees charged by police forces to provide full-cost recovery for firearms licensing applications, in line with the Government’s manifesto commitment on fire...

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