Question follow-through · 74553
Police: Firearms
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms enquiry officers are employed across police forces in England and Wales.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms enquiry officers are employed across police forces in England and Wales.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Government does not currently collect data regarding the staffing of firearms licensing departments in police forces. The level of staffing and use of warranted police officers in such departments is a matter for individual Chief Constables and Police...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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