Question follow-through · 43553

Offensive Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to e-petition 701064.

answeredHome Office

About this written question

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
2 Apr 2025
Target answer date
7 Apr 2025
Answer
7 Apr 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to e-petition 701064.

  2. 7 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    A response was sent to the Petitions Committee (Commons Select Committee) on 3 April 2025 for consideration for publication.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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