Firearms: Licensing
Commons · Question 23496 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 9 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support she is providing to Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Hertfordshire Police to tackle backlogs in processing shotgun licences.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 9 Sep 2026
The issuing of firearm and shotgun certificates, resourcing of firearms licensing teams and the processing of licensing applications are matters for individual Chief Officers of Police and Police and Crime Commissioners.On 9 January 2026, His Majesty’s In...