Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the findings of the consultation entitled Controls on the use of crossbows on public safety grounds, published on 14 February 2024.

A call for evidence on strengthening controls on crossbows on public safety grounds ran from 14 February to 9 April 2024. It tested ideas for whether there should be some form of licensing regime that would provide further controls on the use, ownership and supply of crossbows.

The responses have been reviewed and we are considering whether further controls on crossbows need to be introduced. We will publish the Government’s response to the call for evidence, alongside a summary of the responses received, in due course.