Question follow-through · 54502
Firearms: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on what the average processing time for a shotgun license application was in the last 12 months.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 22 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 6 Jun 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on what the average processing time for a shotgun license application was in the last 12 months.
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jun 2025
Answer published
The issuing of firearms certificates and the efficiency of police forces is a matter for individual Chief Constables and local Police and Crime Commissioners.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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