Question follow-through · 72797

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of delays in (a) processing firearms licence applications and (b) renewals on shooting sports in (i) Surrey Heath constituency and (ii) the South E

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 29 Aug 2025
Target answer date: 2 Sept 2025
Answer: 8 Sept 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of delays in (a) processing firearms licence applications and (b) renewals on shooting sports in (i) Surrey Heath constituency and (ii) the South E
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2025
Answer published
The issuing of firearms certificates and the efficiency of police forces is a matter for individual Chief Officers of Police and Police and Crime Commissioners.The performance of forces with respect to firearms licensing is being monitored by the National...

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