Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2026 to Question 104116 on Firearms Licensing, whether the government will set out a timeline for publication of the consultation on firearms licensing; and whether the impact assessment will be published alongside the consultation.

The Government will be publishing the public consultation paper on strengthening the controls on shotguns shortly.

The Government will provide the necessary impact assessments in due course, depending on whether we decide to make any changes following the consultation.