Written questions

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...