Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether European Firearms Passes currently held will be valid in the weeks immediately after the UK leaves the EU.

Once the United Kingdom leaves the EU, we expect that UK residents travelling to EU countries with their firearm or shotgun will no longer be able to use a European Firearms Pass. They would instead have to comply with whatever licensing or other requirements that other EU countries impose.

This will not impact on the UK’s domestic firearms controls. EU nationals bringing firearms temporarily into the UK will continue to require a visitors’ firearm permit issued by a UK police force.

The Government has published a technical notice setting out information on the potential loss of the European Firearms Pass, to allow UK businesses and citizens to make informed plans and preparations, on gov.uk.