Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to reduce the cost of the firearms licence application fee.

Increased firearms licensing fees were introduced on 5 February 2025, enabling full cost recovery for police forces and fulfilling a manifesto commitment.

Firearms licensing fees were last updated in 2015 and had fallen significantly below the cost of delivering the service. We will keep the level of fees under close review.