Question follow-through · 15362
Firearms: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the suspension of firearm certificate grants by Gloucestershire Constabulary.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 20 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 25 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 29 Nov 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the suspension of firearm certificate grants by Gloucestershire Constabulary.
25 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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29 Nov 2024
Answer published
Chief Constables have operational responsibility for consideration of firearms licensing applications and the allocation of resources to firearms licensing units.However, we expect police forces to ensure that all applications for firearm certificates, wh...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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