Written Question·Home Office·UIN 16451

Firearms: Licensing

Tabled: 7 July 2026
Answered: 9 July 2026

Question

Ruth Cadbury

LabourBrentford and Isleworth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of forged shotgun licences used to purchase shotguns in England in the last five years.

Answer

Sarah Jones
Data on the number of forged firearms certificates used to purchase shotguns in England is not collected centrally. The law is clear on the sales of shotguns that a purchaser must hold the appropriate firearms certificate and transactions must comply with...

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