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Guidance: If we refuse your application for an SIA licence

How to appeal against our decision to refuse your application.

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Guidance: Apply for an SIA licence

What to do before you apply, and how to apply for a licence yourself or through your employer.

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Guidance: If your application for an SIA licence is successful

What happens once we have granted you an SIA licence.

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FOI release: SIA licence applicants with criminal convictions

SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request about the process of granting SIA licences to people with criminal convictions between 2019 and 2024.

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SIA releases videos for businesses, licence holders and applicants

The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has published new guidance videos for business users, licence holders and licence applicants.

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Guidance: Learn about the SIA licence conditions you must follow

The conditions you must follow if you hold an SIA licence, and the penalties you may face for not doing so.

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Guidance: If your application for an SIA licence is successful

What happens once we have granted you an SIA licence.

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Guidance: Use our business services

Learn about the services we offer to businesses that enable you to check SIA licences, submit licence applications, and pay the licence application fee.

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FOI release: SIA licence suspensions during investigations

SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request about suspension of SIA licences during investigations and the average length of investigations.

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FOI release: Removing clothing when searched by a security operative

SIA response to a freedom of information (FOI) request about removing clothing when searched by a security operative.

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Guidance: Advice for SIA approved contractors

Understand how you can meet the ACS standard on matters including licensing requirements for directors and using overseas suppliers.

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Guidance: SIA approved contractors and outsourced pre employment screening

Outsourced pre-employment screening: understanding your responsibilities and how to meet our standards.

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FOI release: SIA insurance and our register of licence holders

SIA response to a freedom of information (FOI) request about whether a specific person is on our register of licence holders and whether we offer insurance.

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Transparency data: Active SIA prosecution cases

A list of the people and companies the SIA is currently prosecuting.

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Corporate report: SIA prosecutions

A list of the people and companies prosecuted by the Security Industry Authority (SIA) over the last 12 months.

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Corporate report: SIA Board meeting, 15 March 2024

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 15 March 2024.

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Transparency data: SIA Board governance framework

These documents establish how the Board that governs the Security Industry Authority will conduct its business.

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Transparency data: SIA Board governance framework

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These documents establish how the Board that governs the Security Industry Authority will conduct its business.

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Statistical data set: SIA approved contractors

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Data on SIA approved contractors. Includes the total number of approved contractors and a breakdown by licensing sector and UK region.

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Statistical data set: SIA licence holders

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Data on SIA licence holders. Includes a breakdown by age, gender, nationality, licensing sector and UK region.

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Statistical data set: SIA licence applications

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Data on SIA licence applications. This page is updated on a monthly basis.

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Transparency data: SIA enforcement report

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A monthly report on the SIA's enforcement activity.

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FOI release: SIA handling of licence applications from refugees

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SIA response to a freedom of information (FOI) request about how the Security Industry Authority deals with licence applications from refugees.

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Guidance: Find out how you report training malpractice

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Reporting training malpractice: who to tell and what they need to know.

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FOI release: Job adverts for below minimum wage and cash in hand security work

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SIA response to a freedom of information (FOI) request about job adverts for below minimum wage and cash-in-hand security work.

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Transparency data: Organisational structure of the Security Industry Authority

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Plan of the organisational structure of the Security Industry Authority (SIA).

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FOI release: SIA processes for licence application rejections and appeals

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SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request about the processes for licence application rejections and appeals

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FOI release: SIA processes for licence application rejections and appeals

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SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request about the processes for licence application rejections and appeals

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Transparency data: Home Office spending over £25,000: 2024

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Details of all Home Office spending over £25,000 for 2024.

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Heather Baily’s term as Chair of the SIA has been extended

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Heather Baily will continue in her role as Chair of the SIA for a further 2 years.

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Corporate report: SIA business plan: 2024 to 2025

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This business plan sets out what the Security Industry Authority will be doing over the next year.

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Remembering the Manchester Arena attack

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A message from the Security Industry Authority, seven years on from the Manchester Arena attack.

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Guidance: Check if you can get an SIA licence with a criminal record

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How to check if your criminal record will affect your licence application, and the information you need to provide for our criminality checks.

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FOI release: Refugees with SIA licences revoked

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SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request on the number of licences granted to refugees and revoked due to criminal activity over the last 5 years

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FOI release: SIA licence linked training: its regulation and the SIA's role

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SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request about the regulation of licence-linked qualifications and our role in setting training standards.

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Transparency data: Active SIA prosecution cases

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A list of the people and companies the SIA is currently prosecuting.

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Corporate report: SIA prosecutions

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A list of the people and companies prosecuted by the Security Industry Authority (SIA) over the last 12 months.

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Transparency data: SIA enforcement report

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A monthly report on the SIA's enforcement activity.

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Press release: Man prosecuted for working unlicensed as a school security guard

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On 26 January 2024, the Security Industry Authority (SIA) prosecuted former door supervisor Steven Richardson for breaching the Private Security Industry Act.

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FOI release: SIA response to a FOI request about guide dogs

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SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request about guide dogs. The SIA does not hold the information because guide dogs are not a part of our remit.

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FOI release: Request to the SIA for information about debt collection

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SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request about debt collection and related matters. The SIA does not hold the majority of information requested.

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Statistical data set: SIA licence holders

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Data on SIA licence holders. Includes a breakdown by age, gender, nationality, licensing sector and UK region.

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Statistical data set: SIA licence applications

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Data on SIA licence applications. This page is updated on a monthly basis.

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Statistical data set: SIA approved contractors

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Data on SIA approved contractors. Includes the total number of approved contractors and a breakdown by licensing sector and UK region.

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FOI release: Any SIA licence dispensation given to the Cabinet Office

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SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for confirmation of whether the SIA has issued a licence dispensation notice to the Cabinet Office.

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