Subject	Predicate	Object
232yHOc5	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	qN7cbUrW
	answer has answering person	Christopher Laurie Malthouse
	answer text	<p>Firearms licensing is an operational matter for police forces and they are not required to provide data to the Home Office about the reasons why individual applications are refused, including on medical grounds.</p><p>The police carry out a number of checks to ensure that those in possession of firearms do not pose a danger to public safety, including in relation to medical suitability based on information provided by the applicant’s GP.</p>
	answer given date	2020-10-05
	answer has answering body	Home Office
	written answer has answering body	Home Office
Home Office	answering body has written answer	232yHOc5
Home Office	answering body has answer	232yHOc5
qN7cbUrW	question has answer	232yHOc5
Christopher Laurie Malthouse	answering person has answer	232yHOc5