Written questions

Firearms: Licensing

Commons · Question 76082 · Tabled 9 Sep 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 16 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has consulted police forces on their capacity to implement changes to shotgun licensing procedures.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 16 Sep 2025

The Government response to the 2023 firearms licensing consultation published on 13 February this year, included a commitment to consult on strengthening the licensing controls on shotguns.We will be undertaking a public consultation which will launch lat...