Firearms: Domestic Abuse
Commons · Question 50154 · Tabled 6 May 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 14 May 2025
Question
Asked by Rachael Maskell
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) firearm and (a) shotgun certificates have been issued to people who had previously faced allegations of domestic abuse.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 14 May 2025
The Firearms Act 1968 gives responsibility for the issuing of firearms certificates to Chief Officers of Police.The Statutory Guidance to Chief Officers of Police on firearms licensing, issued by the Secretary of State, makes it clear that any allegations...