United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 75504
Firearms: Licensing
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5 September 2025
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16 September 2025 · Answer
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Summary
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.
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5 September 2025
Written question
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.
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16 September 2025
Answer
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...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-09-05/75504
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1832845
- uk · wq-1832845 · source updated 16 September 2025