Written Question·Home Office·UIN 49656

Firearms: Sales

Tabled: 30 April 2025
Answered: 12 May 2025

Question

Rebecca Paul

ConservativeReigate

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the system for legally purchasing firearms; and whether her Department plans to improve the (a) licensing, (b) monitoring and (c) enforcement pro

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
We keep firearms licensing controls under constant review to safeguard the public against the misuse of licensed firearms. We will shortly be refreshing the Statutory Guidance to tighten the criteria applied by police forces when considering if someone is...

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