Written Question·Home Office·UIN 102824

Firearms: Licensing

Tabled: 5 January 2026

Answered: 13 January 2026

Question

James Cartlidge

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact that changes to shotgun licensing will have on the time taken to process shotgun licence renewals in South Suffolk.

Answer

Sarah Jones

The Government response to the 2023 firearms licensing consultation, published on 13 February 2025, included a commitment to having a public consultation on strengthening the licensing controls on shotguns to bring them more into line with the controls on...

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