Written Question·Home Office·UIN 114021

Firearms: Licensing

Tabled: 20 February 2026

Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

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

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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