Question follow-through · 90187

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of waiting times for firearms licensing.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 12 Nov 2025
Target answer date: 17 Nov 2025
Answer: 20 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

12 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of waiting times for firearms licensing.
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Nov 2025
Answer published
The issuing of firearms certificates, resourcing of firearms licensing teams and the efficiency of police forces is a matter for individual Chief Officers of Police and Police and Crime Commissioners. In the interests of consistency and transparency, the ...

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