Firearms: Licensing
Commons · Question 16324 · Tabled 26 Nov 2024 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Max Wilkinson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that the cost of firearms licensing does not reduce resources available for other operational policing.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 4 Dec 2024
Firearms licensing fees have not been increased since 2015 and are now significantly less than the cost of the service provided by the police.The Government’s Manifesto includes a commitment to move to full cost recovery for firearms licensing fees, and m...