| Heading: |
Firearms: Licensing |
| Question ID: |
1761762 |
| UIN: |
28449 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-02-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
249 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has used powers under section 44 of the Police Act 1996 to require Chief Constables to provide information on the time taken by firearms licensing departments to process (a) grants and (b) |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-10 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1533 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Dame Diana Johnson
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| Answering Member handle: |
DianaJohnsonMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@DianaJohnsonMP
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The issuing of firearms certificates and the efficiency of police forces is a matter for individual Chief Constables, who are held to account by Police and Crime Commissioners.However, the performance of forces in this space is being actively monitored by... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
1 |
| Answering body name: |
Home Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |