Firearms: Licensing
Commons · Question 32783 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the average time taken to process firearm licence applications in rural areas.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 3 Mar 2025
The issuing of firearms certificates is an operational matter for individual Chief Officers of Police and they are held to account by Police and Crime Commissioners.However, the performance of forces is being actively monitored by the National Police Chie...