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<p>In accordance with voluntary arrangements introduced in 2016, the police write
to the GP of those applying for a firearms licence to request relevant information
regarding the applicant’s health before the firearms licence is issued. We know that
there are significant variations in how GPs now respond to this request and we have
been discussing with the police, the relevant medical bodies and representatives of
shooting organisations how greater consistency can be achieved in England and Wales.
This includes the issue of fees being charged by GPs for providing initial information
from a check of the applicant’s medical records, recognising that the decision whether
to charge a fee and its level are matters which individual GPs have been determining.</p>
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