Jim Shannon – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2015-10-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with shooting organisations on the cost of firearm licences.

Mike Penning

There have not been any recent Ministerial discussions with shooting organisations on the cost of firearm licences.

Following a public consultation on a proposal to increase firearms licensing fees, a new fee structure was introduced in Great Britain on 6 April 2015.

The Firearms Fees Working Group will be reconvened in the New Year to oversee the first annual review and representative members will be invited to attend.