Firearms: Licensing

(asked on 6th September 2023) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to launch her Department's consultation on full cost recovery for firearms licencing.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 13th September 2023

The Home Office is currently reviewing firearms licensing fees, which were last increased in 2015 and are now considerably below the cost of the service provided.

The key aim of the review is to achieve full cost recovery for the police so that they receive the funding and resources they need to provide a more effective service that supports public safety.

The review is being informed by a Firearms Fees Working Group, chaired by the Home Office and including representation from the police, shooting representative bodies and other Government departments. I expect to consult publicly on proposed new fees during the Autumn and to put the new fees before Parliament shortly thereafter.

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