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Firearms: Licensing

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 3 March 2025UIN 32480

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department has on the number of applications for the grant of certificates for firearms refused on the grounds of an unsatisfactory reference in the last ten years for which figur

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

The Firearms Act 1968 gives responsibility for the issuing of firearms licences to Chief Officers of Police. Police forces hold the data on local applications.

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