Firearms: Licensing
Commons · Question 75504 · Tabled 5 Sep 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 16 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Stafford
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of (a) digitising and (b) centralising the firearms licensing process on police time.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 16 Sep 2025
The Government has no plans to introduce the centralisation of the firearms licensing process. The Firearms Act 1968 places statutory responsibility for firearms licensing on the Chief Officer of Police of each individual force in England, Wales and Scotl...