Question follow-through · 58238

Crossbows

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department’s timetable is for publishing the response to the call for evidence entitled Controls on the use of crossbows on public safety grounds, which closed on 9 April 2024.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
11 Jun 2025
Answer
17 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department’s timetable is for publishing the response to the call for evidence entitled Controls on the use of crossbows on public safety grounds, which closed on 9 April 2024.

  2. 11 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The responses to the call for evidence on the controls on crossbows have been reviewed and we will publish the Government’s response to this shortly.The Home Office collects a wide range of data from police forces in England and Wales under the Annual Dat...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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