Written Question·Home Office·UIN 32480
Firearms: Licensing
Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025
Question
Charlie Dewhirst
Conservative — Bridlington and The Wolds
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department has on the number of applications for the grant of certificates for firearms refused on the grounds of an unsatisfactory reference in the last ten years for which figur
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonThe Firearms Act 1968 gives responsibility for the issuing of firearms licences to Chief Officers of Police. Police forces hold the data on local applications.