Written Question·Home Office·UIN 18269

Medical Records: Firearms

Tabled: 5 December 2024

Answered: 13 December 2024

Question

Charlie Dewhirst

Conservative — Bridlington and The Wolds

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to require General Practitioners to place a marker on the medical notes of firearms certificate holders.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

It is a requirement that all applicants for a firearms licence must provide relevant medical information to the police with their application, and this is supported by a new digital firearms marker which is placed on the patient/licence holder’s medical r...

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