Firearms: Licensing

(asked on 30th March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the membership of the firearms licensing fees working group.


Answered by
Kit Malthouse Portrait
Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 19th April 2022

The Government is committed to ensuring an efficient and effective firearms licensing system and to achieving full cost recovery for the police. We have commenced a review of firearms licensing fees for police issued certificates, which will be informed by the work of a Firearms Fees Working Group. The Working Group will carry out a detailed review of the cost to the police of administering firearms licensing and develop proposals for revised fees, in accordance with HM Treasury Guidance.

The Firearms Fees Working Group will be chaired by the Home Office, and comprise representatives of the following organisations:

  • National Police Chiefs’ Council;
  • Police Scotland;
  • Association of Police and Crime Commissioners;
  • British Shooting Sports Council;
  • British Association for Shooting and Conservation;
  • Gun Trade Association;
  • National Gamekeepers Organisation;
  • Countryside Alliance;
  • Scottish Association for Country Sports;
  • Scottish Government; and
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

The proposals for new fees for police issued certificates will be subject to public consultation in due course.

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