Source · Select Committees · Scottish Affairs Committee
Recommendation 72
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Medical assessments for firearms licence holders were being carried out in Scotland for several years...
Conclusion
Medical assessments for firearms licence holders were being carried out in Scotland for several years before they were statutorily introduced in the UK. Keith Brown MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Justice for the Scottish Government, stated that Police Scotland have undertaken “mental health checks… going back to 2016”180, while Rt Hon. Chris Philp MP, Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire for the Home Office, told us that, in the UK, “the statutory guidance that was introduced on 1 November 2021 made it a requirement that police sources consider medical information”.181
Government Response
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