Question follow-through · 118933
Firearms: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will issue guidance to firearms licensing departments on mandating training for firearms being used for deer management at either grant or renewal.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 9 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will issue guidance to firearms licensing departments on mandating training for firearms being used for deer management at either grant or renewal.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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17 Mar 2026
Answer published
Chief Constables have operational responsibility for firearms licensing. However, as set out in the Deer Impacts Policy Statement published by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) on 2 March.The Home Office will work with the N...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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