Firearms: Licensing

(asked on 22nd May 2025) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on what the average processing time for a shotgun license application was in the last 12 months.


Answered by
Diana Johnson Portrait
Diana Johnson
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 6th June 2025

The issuing of firearms certificates and the efficiency of police forces is a matter for individual Chief Constables and local Police and Crime Commissioners.

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