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Licences issued to migrants

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3. Licences issued to migrants
a. The number of door supervisor licences issued to non-UK nationals, broken down by year and nationality (specific countries where possible). Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
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Not set Nationality 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Grand Total
Not set Pakistani 4339 7445 14055 22833 28470 77,142
Not set Indian 1439 5822 5701 10093 9362 32,417
Not set Nigerian 2740 3296 3880 8981 11656 30,553
Not set Italian 2662 3597 2330 2293 2256 13,138
Not set Portuguese 1949 2962 1807 1830 2082 10,630
Not set Ghanaian 1264 1342 1154 2009 3216 8,985
Not set Sudanese 1426 2209 1608 1719 1718 8,680
Not set Spanish 1346 1798 1435 1502 1352 7,433
Not set Nepalese 1198 1277 1002 1451 1784 6,712
Not set Romanian 1633 1439 1036 1315 1176 6,599
Not set Polish 1506 1401 1067 1213 1148 6,335
Not set Bangladeshi 502 961 1197 1811 1818 6,289
Not set Dutch 1124 1271 957 991 896 5,239
Not set Somali 592 815 740 911 964 4,022
Not set Irish 706 742 703 639 734 3,524
Not set Bulgarian 791 677 470 540 490 2,968
Not set Afgan 205 251 376 839 726 2,397
Not set Swedish 381 582 499 452 396 2,310
Not set French 437 441 344 399 395 2,016
Not set Lithuanian 466 428 321 358 340 1,913
Not set Eritrean 299 373 322 423 339 1,756
Not set German 400 375 281 362 309 1,727
Not set Algerian 320 345 247 380 351 1,643
Not set Jamaican 286 324 288 288 331 1,517
Not set Gambian 277 266 219 342 310 1,414
Not set Norwegian 223 400 291 229 209 1,352
Not set Hungarian 332 280 247 241 212 1,312
Not set Iranian 192 180 206 286 270 1,134
Not set Belgian 206 240 185 175 161 967
Not set Kenyan 111 152 136 206 277 882
Not set Sierra Leonean 183 156 142 192 197 870
Not set Slovakian 118 142 166 215 200 841
Not set Greek 149 196 146 156 178 825
Not set Latvian 167 182 127 147 141 764
Not set Zimbabwean 144 129 90 168 199 730
Not set Syrian 140 127 111 197 138 713
Not set Fijian 33 72 104 240 263 712
Not set Danish 118 170 124 139 129 680
Not set Egyptian 96 103 114 181 158 652
Not set Ethiopian 84 117 99 160 150 610
Not set Moroccan 86 108 96 140 131 561
Not set Ugandan 115 87 68 130 143 543
Not set Austrian 111 127 83 107 104 532
Not set Cameroonian 80 86 79 99 182 526
Not set Congolese 82 107 101 121 111 522
Not set Albanian 107 94 88 135 96 520
Not set Nigerien 52 68 57 140 182 499
Not set Libyan 64 79 96 111 129 479
Not set Other 57 87 80 103 129 456
Not set Kuwaiti 46 60 108 147 93 454
Not set Yemeni 27 59 99 135 119 439
Not set Iraqi 55 66 97 106 99 423
Not set Brazilian 76 72 63 84 87 382
Not set Sri Lankan 44 58 64 98 117 381
Not set Ivorian 65 95 44 77 89 370
Not set South African 78 85 58 75 73 369
Not set Turkish 65 51 58 85 72 331
Not set Senegalese 53 78 38 63 90 322
Not set Czech 54 67 58 61 70 310
Not set Tunisian 60 65 51 60 69 305
Not set Finnish 49 83 62 54 41 289
Not set American 52 49 42 45 53 241
Not set Ukrainian 30 23 34 71 81 239
Not set Not Known 15 26 35 72 45 193
Not set Cypriot 43 40 26 28 33 170
Not set Angolan 32 39 25 34 36 166
Not set Filipino 21 34 33 42 35 165
Not set Mauritian 34 34 24 40 33 165
Not set Guinean 19 34 34 36 40 163
Not set Tanzanian 26 24 31 35 42 158
Not set None 14 15 27 50 43 149
Not set Palestinian 24 25 20 37 34 140
Not set Macedonian 29 26 16 34 23 128
Not set Croatian 35 26 21 26 19 127
Not set Vincentian <10 <10 28 40 39 123
Not set Malawian 13 26 18 28 35 120
Not set Liberian 26 24 20 25 24 119
Not set Colombian 29 21 18 20 17 105
Not set Moldovan 23 21 25 16 20 105
Not set Saint Lucian 15 15 19 30 25 104
Not set Uzbekistani 21 15 22 27 18 103
Not set Russian 28 13 19 23 18 101
Not set Estonian 20 18 19 21 22 100
Not set Georgian 20 18 10 30 20 98
Not set Trinidian 17 12 19 24 26 98
Not set Zambian 18 16 15 18 24 91
Not set South Sudanese <10 11 19 27 27 89
Not set Netherlands Antillian <10 23 18 25 15 87
Not set Swiss 15 19 18 21 13 86
Not set Chadian <10 12 18 25 23 84
Not set Australian 19 20 15 12 17 83
Not set Canadian 14 15 <10 26 18 82
Not set Kosovan 18 18 10 20 13 79
Not set Grenadian 13 <10 12 17 19 67
Not set Dominican 16 10 <10 19 17 66
Not set Burundian 14 14 <10 13 17 65
Not set Lebanese <10 12 12 17 13 63
Not set Rwandan 12 14 <10 15 13 62
Not set Guyanese <10 <10 10 13 20 59
Not set Jordanian 10 10 11 17 11 59
Not set Barbadian <10 14 14 <10 10 54
Not set Beninese <10 <10 <10 17 14 51
Not set Serbian / Montenegrinese <10 14 <10 <10 <10 46
Not set Malian <10 10 <10 <10 12 43
Not set Chinese <10 <10 13 <10 12 42
Not set New Zealander 11 <10 <10 <10 10 42
Not set Guinea-Bissauan <10 <10 <10 <10 12 39
Not set Togolese <10 <10 <10 <10 12 38
Not set Ecuadorean <10 12 <10 <10 <10 36
Not set Malaysian <10 <10 <10 <10 11 35
Not set Myanmar <10 <10 <10 10 10 32
Not set Saudi Arabian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 31
Not set Maltese 12 <10 <10 <10 <10 28
Not set Burkinabe <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 27
Not set Hong Kongese Not set Not set <10 13 <10 26
Not set Turkish Cypriot <10 <10 <10 <10 10 26
Not set Namibian <10 <10 <10 <10 10 25
Not set British Virgin Islander <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 23
Not set Cuban <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 23
Not set Djiboutian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 23
Not set Antiguan <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 22
Not set Bolivian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 21
Not set Bosnian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 21
Not set Bermudian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 20
Not set Venezualan <10 Not set <10 <10 <10 19
Not set Emirian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 18
Not set Mauritanian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 16
Not set Slovene <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 16
Not set Belarusian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 15
Not set Motswanan <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 15
Not set Azerbaijani <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 14
Not set Indonesian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 14
Not set Israeli <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 14
Not set Mexican <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 14
Not set Thai <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 14
Not set Batswana <10 <10 Not set <10 <10 13
Not set Mozambican <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 13
Not set Palauan Not set Not set <10 <10 <10 13
Not set Burmese <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 12
Not set Cape Veerdian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 12
Not set Salvadorian <10 Not set <10 <10 <10 12
Not set Yemenite <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 12
Not set Kyrgyz <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 11
Not set Singaporean <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 11
Not set Armenian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 10
Not set Belisean Not set <10 <10 <10 <10 10
Not set Kittian and Nevisian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 10
Not set Bahraini <10 Not set <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Bhutanese <10 Not set Not set <10 <10 <10
Not set Honduran <10 <10 Not set <10 <10 <10
Not set Icelander <10 Not set <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Peruvian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Sahrawi <10 <10 <10 <10 Not set <10
Not set Tobagonian <10 <10 Not set <10 <10 <10
Not set Turkmen <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Montserratian Not set <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Omani <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Tongan <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Chilean <10 <10 Not set Not set <10 <10
Not set Finn <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Tajikistani <10 <10 Not set <10 <10 <10
Not set Gabonese Not set <10 Not set <10 <10 <10
Not set Japanese <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Luxembourger Not set <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Argentinian Not set <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Bahamian Not set <10 Not set <10 <10 <10
Not set Central African Not set <10 <10 <10 Not set <10
Not set Montenegrin <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Sao Tomorean <10 Not set <10 <10 Not set <10
Not set Seychellois <10 <10 <10 <10 Not set <10
Not set Taiwanese <10 <10 Not set <10 <10 <10
Not set Bruneian Not set Not set <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Haitian Not set <10 <10 Not set <10 <10
Not set Kazakhstani <10 Not set <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Mongolian Not set <10 <10 <10 Not set <10
Not set Mosotho <10 Not set <10 <10 Not set <10
Not set South Korean <10 Not set <10 Not set <10 <10
Not set Vietnamese Not set Not set <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Caymanian <10 Not set Not set <10 <10 <10
Not set Equatorial Guinean Not set Not set <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Nicaraguan Not set Not set Not set <10 <10 <10
Not set Papua New Guinean Not set Not set Not set <10 <10 <10
Not set Tadzhik Not set Not set Not set Not set <10 <10
Not set Guatemalan Not set <10 Not set <10 Not set <10
Not set Maldivan Not set <10 Not set Not set <10 <10
Not set Samoan Not set <10 Not set <10 Not set <10
Not set Swazi Not set Not set <10 <10 Not set <10
Not set Turks and Caicos Islander <10 Not set Not set <10 Not set <10
Not set (blank) <10 Not set <10 Not set Not set <10
Not set Channel Islander Not set <10 Not set Not set Not set <10
Not set East Timorese Not set Not set <10 Not set Not set <10
Not set Herzegovinian Not set Not set Not set Not set <10 <10
Not set Malagasy Not set Not set Not set <10 Not set <10
Not set Micronesian Not set Not set Not set Not set <10 <10
Not set Puerto Rican Not set Not set Not set <10 Not set <10
Not set Qatari Not set Not set Not set <10 Not set <10
Not set Sint Maartener Not set <10 Not set Not set Not set <10
Not set Surinamer Not set Not set <10 Not set Not set <10
Not set Vanuatuan Not set Not set Not set Not set <10 <10
Not set Grand Total 33,004 45,795 46,881 70,468 79,087 275,235
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b. The number of licences issued to individuals with refugee or asylum-seeker status, broken down by year. Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
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NB: We only licence individuals who have the right to work in the UK. Asylum seekers who have the right to work are unable to work in the private security industry Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
if they are subject to the shortage occupation list. The data we have provided relates to those with a “discretionary leave” visa. Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
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All licence sectors Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
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Not set Nationality 2022 2021 2020 2023 2024 Grand Total
Not set Nigerian 858 1,116 1,366 1,239 1,239 5,818
Not set Sudanese 928 1,324 957 920 944 5,073
Not set Pakistani 703 935 1,040 931 1,109 4,718
Not set Ghanaian 263 374 451 419 413 1,920
Not set Indian 153 188 176 226 174 917
Not set Bangladeshi 143 188 149 169 207 856
Not set Afgan 124 88 89 213 289 803
Not set Eritrean 106 168 139 169 154 736
Not set British 88 228 318 11 <10 648
Not set Somali 110 94 111 114 163 592
Not set Iranian 82 69 90 124 108 473
Not set Gambian 64 68 84 87 67 370
Not set Syrian 58 54 83 92 79 366
Not set Algerian 47 58 57 81 72 315
Not set Yemeni 74 41 18 93 88 314
Not set Libyan 57 63 52 60 67 299
Not set Kuwaiti 65 43 29 88 63 288
Not set Jamaican 41 54 69 46 46 256
Not set Nepalese 31 57 65 32 53 238
Not set Ethiopian 25 33 26 58 73 215
Not set Sierra Leonean 38 43 47 33 44 205
Not set Kenyan 25 30 39 39 35 168
Not set Iraqi 51 20 19 46 31 167
Not set Cameroonian 23 31 36 29 38 157
Not set Egyptian 27 19 25 51 29 151
Not set Ugandan 16 26 27 30 36 135
Not set Ivorian 11 29 24 45 25 134
Not set Nigerien 13 29 27 30 32 131
Not set Albanian 17 13 17 33 36 116
Not set Zimbabwean 21 23 24 27 19 114
Not set Congolese 18 23 19 27 19 106
Not set Sri Lankan 17 22 22 24 20 105
Not set Moroccan 15 12 14 29 16 86
Not set Not Known 11 16 <10 28 17 77
Not set Senegalese <10 18 15 14 20 75
Not set South Sudanese 16 10 <10 24 20 73
Not set Palestinian 10 <10 11 24 18 70
Not set Chadian 14 10 <10 19 20 68
Not set Other 11 11 12 22 12 68
Not set Tanzanian 11 <10 16 16 17 65
Not set Guinean 13 <10 <10 15 16 62
Not set Mauritian <10 <10 14 <10 13 45
Not set Malawian <10 12 <10 <10 12 41
Not set Tunisian <10 10 <10 <10 10 40
Not set None <10 <10 <10 11 <10 37
Not set Liberian <10 <10 11 <10 <10 34
Not set South African <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 30
Not set American <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 28
Not set Ukrainian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 26
Not set Turkish <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 25
Not set Angolan <10 <10 <10 <10 23
Not set Russian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 22
Not set Togolese <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 21
Not set Georgian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 20
Not set Rwandan <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 20
Not set Malian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 18
Not set Saint Lucian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 18
Not set Beninese <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 17
Not set Fijian <10 <10 10 <10 17
Not set Grenadian <10 <10 <10 <10 17
Not set Lebanese <10 <10 <10 <10 17
Not set Brazilian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 16
Not set Trinidian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 16
Not set Filipino <10 <10 <10 <10 15
Not set Myanmar <10 <10 <10 <10 15
Not set Burundian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 14
Not set Jordanian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 13
Not set Salvadorian <10 <10 <10 <10 12
Not set Saudi Arabian <10 <10 <10 <10 12
Not set Namibian <10 <10 <10 <10 11
Not set Azerbaijani <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Emirian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Spanish <10 <10
Not set Italian <10 <10 <10
Not set Malaysian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Taiwanese <10 <10 <10
Not set Zambian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Romanian <10 <10 <10
Not set Yemenite <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Antiguan <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Burkinabe <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Guyanese <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Uzbekistani <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Vincentian <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Bosnian <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Chinese <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Dominican <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Honduran <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Kosovan <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Polish <10 <10
Not set Portuguese <10 <10 <10
Not set Australian <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Belgian <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Bulgarian <10 <10
Not set Indonesian <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Mongolian <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Armenian <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Bahraini <10 <10 <10
Not set Barbadian <10 <10 <10
Not set Batswana <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set French <10 <10 <10
Not set Greek <10 <10 <10
Not set Kyrgyz <10 <10 <10
Not set Lithuanian <10 <10
Not set Mauritanian <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Montenegrin <10 <10 <10 <10
Not set Mozambican <10 <10 <10
Not set Sahrawi <10 <10 <10
Not set Turkmen <10 <10 <10
Not set Bolivian <10 <10 <10
Not set British Virgin Islander <10 <10
Not set Burmese <10 <10 <10
Not set Canadian <10 <10 <10
Not set Central African <10 <10
Not set Colombian <10 <10 <10
Not set Ecuadorean <10 <10 <10
Not set Haitian <10 <10 <10
Not set Hong Kongese <10 <10 <10
Not set Nicaraguan <10 <10
Not set Tobagonian <10 <10 <10
Not set Tongan <10 <10 <10
Not set Venezualan <10 <10 <10
Not set Argentinian <10 <10
Not set Chilean <10 <10
Not set Cuban <10 <10
Not set Cypriot <10 <10
Not set Djiboutian <10 <10
Not set Dutch <10 <10
Not set Gabonese <10 <10
Not set Israeli <10 <10
Not set Macedonian <10 <10
Not set Maldivan <10 <10
Not set New Zealander <10 <10
Not set Norwegian <10 <10
Not set Omani <10 <10
Not set Palauan <10 <10
Not set Serbian / Montenegrinese <10 <10
Not set South Korean <10 <10
Not set Tadzhik <10 <10
Not set Vietnamese <10 <10
Not set Grand Total 4,542 5,781 5,945 5,977 6,184 28,429
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c. The number of licences issued to non-UK nationals later found to lack a legal right to work in the UK, broken down by year. Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
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NB: These individuals had right to work status when the SIA granted them a licence. An individual’s right to work status may be checked periodically depending on their specific circumstances, Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
throughout the life cycle of their SIA licence and if a licence holder’s right to work status has changed or expired, licence holders may have their licence revoked. Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
Door supervision licences only Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
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Not set 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Total Not set
Not set 444 532 835 3,613 6,779 12,203 Not set