Medical Records: Firearms — Written Question

Question

Charlie Dewhirst

Conservative — Bridlington and The Wolds

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of GPs who have downloaded the IT update to allow the placement of markers 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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