<p>I announced in my statement to the House on 29 June <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-06-29/debates/23062920000012/FirearmsLicensing" target="_blank">Firearms Licensing - Hansard - UK Parliament</a> that we are providing funding of £500,000 to support the development and roll-out of a new national training package for firearms licensing staff, developed by the College of Policing and the National Police Chiefs Council. In due course the training will become mandatory for police firearms licensing teams.</p><p> </p><p>The training package will be reinforced and supported by a refresh of the College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice, which was the subject of a consultation from January to March this year. The finalised APP will sit alongside the Statutory Guidance to provide support and guidance to police firearms licensing teams.</p>