United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 49656
Firearms: Sales
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30 April 2025
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12 May 2025 · Answer
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12 May 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the system for legally purchasing firearms; and whether her Department plans to improve the (a) licensing, (b) monitoring and (c) enforcement pro
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30 April 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the system for legally purchasing firearms; and whether her Department plans to improve the (a) licensing, (b) monitoring and (c) enforcement pro
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12 May 2025
Answer
We keep firearms licensing controls under constant review to safeguard the public against the misuse of licensed firearms. We will shortly be refreshing the Statutory Guidance to tighten the criteria applied by police forces when considering if someone is...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-04-30/49656
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1798982
- uk · wq-1798982 · source updated 12 May 2025