Question follow-through · 76082

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has consulted police forces on their capacity to implement changes to shotgun licensing procedures.

answeredHome Office

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Home Office
Tabled
9 Sept 2025
Target answer date
15 Sept 2025
Answer
16 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has consulted police forces on their capacity to implement changes to shotgun licensing procedures.

  2. 15 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The Government response to the 2023 firearms licensing consultation published on 13 February this year, included a commitment to consult on strengthening the licensing controls on shotguns.We will be undertaking a public consultation which will launch lat...

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