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1441049

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) the police and (b) professional bodies representing doctors regarding the placing of markers on the medical notes of those licensed to hold firearms.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	139536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government worked closely with the police and the medical profession on the development of the firearms marker that General Practitioners (GPs) place on the medical records of those who are licensed to hold a firearms certificate. The marker helps with monitoring of firearms certificate holders by alerting GPs to advise the police if there are any changes in relevant medical conditions that the police need to be made aware of so that the police force can assess whether a person remains suitable to possess a firearm certificate. Work is currently underway to digitalise the firearms marker to further strengthen these arrangements.</p><p>The new Statutory Guidance for police forces on firearms licensing, which came into effect on 1 November 2021, introduced improved arrangements for medical checks to ensure that no one is given a firearms certificate unless their doctor has confirmed to the police whether they have any relevant medical conditions. While the Home Office does not routinely monitor GPs’ use of the firearms marker on medical records, the Statutory Guidance will be kept under review to ensure that firearms licensing arrangements remain as effective as possible to protect the safety of the public including in relation to the medical check arrangements and use of the firearms marker.</p><p>While doctors can charge a fee to provide the medical information in relation to a firearms certificate application, whether a fee is charged or the level of the fee if it is charged, are a matter between the applicant and the doctor. The Statutory Guidance has made it a requirement that the police must receive relevant medical information about the applicant before a firearms certificate can be granted or renewed by the police force.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 139537 139538 question first answered 22/03/2022 16:19:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1441050

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the level of compliance by general practitioners in placing markers on the medical notes of those licensed to own firearms since the publication of the latest Home Office guidance on firearms licensing.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	139537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government worked closely with the police and the medical profession on the development of the firearms marker that General Practitioners (GPs) place on the medical records of those who are licensed to hold a firearms certificate. The marker helps with monitoring of firearms certificate holders by alerting GPs to advise the police if there are any changes in relevant medical conditions that the police need to be made aware of so that the police force can assess whether a person remains suitable to possess a firearm certificate. Work is currently underway to digitalise the firearms marker to further strengthen these arrangements.</p><p>The new Statutory Guidance for police forces on firearms licensing, which came into effect on 1 November 2021, introduced improved arrangements for medical checks to ensure that no one is given a firearms certificate unless their doctor has confirmed to the police whether they have any relevant medical conditions. While the Home Office does not routinely monitor GPs’ use of the firearms marker on medical records, the Statutory Guidance will be kept under review to ensure that firearms licensing arrangements remain as effective as possible to protect the safety of the public including in relation to the medical check arrangements and use of the firearms marker.</p><p>While doctors can charge a fee to provide the medical information in relation to a firearms certificate application, whether a fee is charged or the level of the fee if it is charged, are a matter between the applicant and the doctor. The Statutory Guidance has made it a requirement that the police must receive relevant medical information about the applicant before a firearms certificate can be granted or renewed by the police force.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 139536 139538 question first answered 22/03/2022 16:19:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1441051

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the effect of the charges made by general practitioners for verifying the medical information submitted by applicants for shotgun and firearms certificates; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	139538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government worked closely with the police and the medical profession on the development of the firearms marker that General Practitioners (GPs) place on the medical records of those who are licensed to hold a firearms certificate. The marker helps with monitoring of firearms certificate holders by alerting GPs to advise the police if there are any changes in relevant medical conditions that the police need to be made aware of so that the police force can assess whether a person remains suitable to possess a firearm certificate. Work is currently underway to digitalise the firearms marker to further strengthen these arrangements.</p><p>The new Statutory Guidance for police forces on firearms licensing, which came into effect on 1 November 2021, introduced improved arrangements for medical checks to ensure that no one is given a firearms certificate unless their doctor has confirmed to the police whether they have any relevant medical conditions. While the Home Office does not routinely monitor GPs’ use of the firearms marker on medical records, the Statutory Guidance will be kept under review to ensure that firearms licensing arrangements remain as effective as possible to protect the safety of the public including in relation to the medical check arrangements and use of the firearms marker.</p><p>While doctors can charge a fee to provide the medical information in relation to a firearms certificate application, whether a fee is charged or the level of the fee if it is charged, are a matter between the applicant and the doctor. The Statutory Guidance has made it a requirement that the police must receive relevant medical information about the applicant before a firearms certificate can be granted or renewed by the police force.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 139536 139537 question first answered 22/03/2022 16:19:02 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1437767

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged (a) 14 to 16 and (b) 16 to 18 hold gun licences.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	134082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on firearm and shotgun certificates in England and Wales by age group in the annual ‘Firearm and shotgun certificates, England and Wales’ National Statistics. The latest data cover the period April 2020 to March 2021, and are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/firearm-certificates-in-england-and-wales" target="_blank">Firearm certificates in England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Data on the number of firearm and shotgun certificate holders by age group are published in table 14 of the accompanying <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1002155/statistics-firearm-shotgun-certificates-england-wales-2020-2021-tables.ods" target="_blank">data tables</a>. Data are published using the age groups ‘aged 13 and under’, ‘age 14 to 17’, ‘age 18 to 34’, ‘age 35 to 49’, ‘age 50 to 64’ and ‘age 65 and over’.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/03/2022 12:19:21 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1423304

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many gun certificates have been issued and are active for pump action (a) shotguns and (b) rifles in England as of 18 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	125493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated as part of the annual statistical publication.</p><p>However, based on management information, as at 18 February 2022, there were 23,955 current certificates for pump-action shotguns and 1,918 current certificates for pump-action rifles on issue in England.</p><p>This data is not quality assured to the standards of the annual statistical publication.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/02/2022 13:27:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1403135

registered interest
date	17/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licences for pump-action shotguns have been issued in England over the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	905047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>5,579 certificates authorising the possession of pump action shotguns were issued in England between 1 January and 31 December 2021. This information, which is not routinely collated, is drawn from management information and is not quality assured to the standards of the annual statistical publication.</p><p>The HG will know that the Home Secretary asked for a review of gun licensing arrangements by police forces following the tragic incident in his constituency, and we will do everything in our power to reduce the risk of such incidences in the future.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 17/01/2022 15:54:16 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1277668

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Criminal Records: South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the criminal records that were deleted by her Department relate to people in (a) Plymouth, (b) Devon, (c) Cornwall and (d) the South West.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	139135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office is working closely with Policing/National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) to assess the scale and impact of the incident. This includes undertaking a robust and detailed assessment and verification of all affected records. Once complete we will develop and implement a plan to recover as many lost records as is possible over the next few weeks.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/01/2021 15:31:27 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard