Written Question·Home Office·UIN 32783

Firearms: Licensing

Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the average time taken to process firearm licence applications in rural areas.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
The issuing of firearms certificates is an operational matter for individual Chief Officers of Police and they are held to account by Police and Crime Commissioners.However, the performance of forces is being actively monitored by the National Police Chie...
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