Written Question·Home Office·UIN 75504

Firearms: Licensing

Tabled: 5 September 2025

Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of (a) digitising and (b) centralising the firearms licensing process on police time.

Answer

Sarah Jones

The Government has no plans to introduce the centralisation of the firearms licensing process. The Firearms Act 1968 places statutory responsibility for firearms licensing on the Chief Officer of Police of each individual force in England, Wales and Scotl...

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