Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that police shooting ranges (a) have adequate boundaries and (b) operate at times that ensure (i) maximum safety and (ii) minimum disruption to local residents.

Decisions around training arrangements are an operational matter for Chief Officers who are best placed with the skills and expertise to determine requirements and to manage any risks associated with training.

Safe areas are implemented around live fire facilities and they are subject to stringent planning permissions which must include consideration of any disruption to members of the public.