Question follow-through · 93597
Firearms: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the backlog of shotgun and firearm licence applications nationally.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 21 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 2 Dec 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the backlog of shotgun and firearm licence applications nationally.
25 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Dec 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.The Government has recently taken action to increase th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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