Written Question·Home Office·UIN 28449

Firearms: Licensing

Tabled: 4 February 2025
Answered: 10 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

ConservativeNorth Cotswolds

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has used powers under section 44 of the Police Act 1996 to require Chief Constables to provide information on the time taken by firearms licensing departments to process (a) grants and (b)

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
The issuing of firearms certificates and the efficiency of police forces is a matter for individual Chief Constables, who are held to account by Police and Crime Commissioners.However, the performance of forces in this space is being actively monitored by...

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