Drugs and Firearms Licensing Unit: stakeholder list
Updated 8 May 2024
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1. Who do we pass your personal information to?
As set out in our Privacy Information Notices, the Home Office Drugs & Firearms Licensing Unit collects, processes, and shares personal information to enable it to carry out its statutory and other functions, including those related to law enforcement, safeguarding against, and the prevention of, threats to public security.
The personal information we have collected about you may be shared with the police, other government departments, and other public bodies where necessary to perform this function, or where it is required; to protect life, prevent crime, under the terms of any court order, or to comply with lawful obligations for the purpose of preventing crime, protecting the public, and preventing the diversion of drugs or precursor chemicals.
This is a non-exhaustive list of stakeholders who we may pass information to in order to perform these functions.
1.1 Controlled drug, precursor chemical and industrial hemp licensing
- NCA officers
- police officers
- CDLO
- MHRA employees
- drug enforcement team
- drugs legislation team
- Department for Health
- DHSSPS colleagues
- SSCL
- CAST
- UKAD
- GPhC Inspector
- CQC employee
- Animals in Science Regulation Unit
- Environmental Services Association
- Forensic Marketplace & Transforming Forensics
- FSA
- Trading Standards Service
- General Medical Council
- Health and Social Services Department
- Healthcare in Wales
- Healthcare Improvement Scotland
- Public Health England
- Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
- VMD
- NMC
- HFEA
- HOLA
- GLD
- iCasework
- HCPC
1.2 Firearms (s5, shooting clubs and museums) licensing
- NCA officers
- police officers
- Border Force
- ACRO
- HMRC
- MOD
- BEIS
- DFT