Home Office Announces Increase In Firearms Licensing Fees

[swshooter 0]

New fees

 

The increases, which will come into effect on 6 April 2015, are:

 

The cost of a firearms certificate will rise from £50 to £88;

The cost of a shotgun certificate will rise from £50 to £79.50;

Renewal of a firearms certificate will cost £62 - it is currently £40;

Renewal of a shotgun certificate will cost £49 - it is currently £40.

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/home-office-announces-increase-in-firearms-licensing-fees

Edited March 12, 2015 by swshooter

[The one 8,401]

I got lucky then renewed my fire arms last week and he said your shotguns due next year give me a tenner and you can make them continous ?

[swshooter 0]

Unfortunately mines due 2016 looks like the coterminous has gone from £50 to £65, could have been worse.

[The one 8,401]

Aye i paid forty pound by cheque then when i got my visit a tenner cash but ive no got the reciept for that our my certifacates back yet

[shropshire dan 467]

Could have been a lot worse. It's still a bargain at £62 for 5 years

[Rake aboot 4,929]

Price is increasing , service is deteriorating.

 

 

Might just let them lapse and keep up the dog license instead.

[Alsone 789]

Should be 10 years as per BASC suggestion. Makes more sense and offers something back in respect of the increase.

[shropshire dan 467]

Yeah but £167.50 is hardly worth complaining about over 5 years.

[jacknife 2,005]

To be honest its nothing for 5 years

[Alsone 789]

Yeah but £167.50 is hardly worth complaining about over 5 years.

 

That depends for unemployed, retired or under 18's that could be the increase that prices them out of the market.

 

As I said, if the HO wanted to increase fees, then it would have been better if they'd given something back in return such as a 10 yr duration (which also takes the pressure off FEO's / departments as well)

[trenchfoot 4,243]

 

Yeah but £167.50 is hardly worth complaining about over 5 years.

 

That depends for unemployed, retired or under 18's that could be the increase that prices them out of the market.

 

As I said, if the HO wanted to increase fees, then it would have been better if they'd given something back in return such as a 10 yr duration (which also takes the pressure off FEO's / departments as well)

 

5 years is fine by me. mental state can change far quicker than that. as for cost, over 5 years, another £7.60 a year max increase is an increase worth swallowing if they dont change the rules

[shropshire dan 467]

If they increase the price and increase to 10 years then it's pointless increasing the price in the first place. Under 18's I'm sure mum and dad would pay, unemployed aren't as bad off as people think (I WAS unemployed for 2 years) and I'm not at all sure about pensioners.

[danw 1,748]

Yeah but £167.50 is hardly worth complaining about over 5 years.

Where do you get that figure from mate a coterminous grant will be £90 and renewal £65

[sussex 5,776]

Price is increasing , service is deteriorating.

 

 

Might just let them lapse and keep up the dog license instead.

Does that mean the .222 is needing a new home ... .....obviously finding it the right home is important , more so than the money , somewhere down south where the weather is kinder , it will live out its remaining years in semi retirement in a loving home...Ive heard Sussex is that kind of place ..

[Rake aboot 4,929]

 

Had a range sesh with it last week in a digital pipe range.

 

100mtr three shot groups, on the 5cm bull one on top of the other, one single small hole bloody laser beam that thing