Firearms: Licensing
Commons · Question 75047 · Tabled 4 Sep 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 11 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of creating a (a) single, (b) centralised and (c) digitised firearms licensing body to replace the current system of 44 separate licensing au
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 11 Sep 2025
The Government has no plans to introduce a new national body for firearms licensing. The Firearms Act 1968 places statutory responsibility for firearms licensing on the Chief Officer of Police of each individual force in England, Wales and Scotland.This f...