Written Question·Home Office·UIN 90187

Firearms: Licensing

Tabled: 12 November 2025
Answered: 20 November 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of waiting times for firearms licensing.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The issuing of firearms certificates, resourcing of firearms licensing teams and the efficiency of police forces is a matter for individual Chief Officers of Police and Police and Crime Commissioners. In the interests of consistency and transparency, the ...
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