Firearms: Licensing
Commons · Question 93600 · Tabled 21 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide additional resource to Dorset Police to help process outstanding firearm and shotgun licence applications.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 2 Dec 2025
The issuing of firearms certificates, resourcing of firearms licensing teams and the efficiency of police forces is a matter for individual Chief Officers of Police and Police and Crime Commissioners.The Government has recently taken action to increase th...