Written Question·Home Office·UIN 49656
Firearms: Sales
Tabled: 30 April 2025
Answered: 12 May 2025
Question
Rebecca Paul
Conservative — Reigate
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 JohnsonWe 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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