Question follow-through · 117107
Firearms: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has evaluated the cost to local police constabulary of changes to licensing requirements around shotgun ownership.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 2 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 10 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has evaluated the cost to local police constabulary of changes to licensing requirements around shotgun ownership.
4 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government is intending to consult on strengthening shotgun controls in due course. The Government response to the 2023 firearms licensing consultation, published in February 2025, included a commitment to having a consultation on strengthening the li...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Organised Crime: Rural Areas
11 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the extent to which organised criminal groups are responsible for rural crime affecting farms and agricultural businesses.
Crime Prevention: Rural Areas
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve cooperation between police forces in tackling offences in rural areas affecting farms and agricultural businesses.