Question follow-through · 103530

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which force has the lead on shotgun licence renewals within the Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire tri-force area.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 6 Jan 2026
Target answer date: 8 Jan 2026
Answer: 14 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

6 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which force has the lead on shotgun licence renewals within the Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire tri-force area.
8 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jan 2026
Answer published
Cambridgeshire Constabulary, Bedfordshire Police and Hertfordshire Constabulary work together as part of a tripartite arrangement intended to provide a consistent firearms licensing service across the three police force areas.The arrangements are led by H...

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