Question follow-through · 89224
Firearms: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of guidance provided to police forces on firearms (a) licensing and (b) variation procedures in the South East.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 10 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 20 Nov 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of guidance provided to police forces on firearms (a) licensing and (b) variation procedures in the South East.
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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20 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Government publishes Statutory Guidance for Chief Officers of Police on firearms licensing. The Statutory Guidance was most recently refreshed and strengthened in August this year and it is helping to ensure consistency in the assessment of those who ...
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