Question follow-through · 75047
Firearms: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of creating a (a) single, (b) centralised and (c) digitised firearms licensing body to replace the current system of 44 separate licensing au
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of creating a (a) single, (b) centralised and (c) digitised firearms licensing body to replace the current system of 44 separate licensing au
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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11 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Government has no plans to introduce a new national body for firearms licensing. The Firearms Act 1968 places statutory responsibility for firearms licensing on the Chief Officer of Police of each individual force in England, Wales and Scotland.This f...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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