Nationalities of SIA licence holders
Published 20 May 2025
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Request
How many people currently holding a Security Industry Authority licence are nationals of the following countries? Provide figures for each country.
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- Colombia
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- France
- Germany
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Italy
- Japan
- Kenya
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Poland
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Spain
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United States of America
- Vietnam
How many people currently holding a Security Industry Authority licence have British citizenship?
Response
This information is exempt from disclosure under section 21(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 as it is accessible to you through other means, namely through the SIA’s pages on GOV.UK. The SIA publishes licence holder demographic data every month. You can access this here: SIA licence holders - GOV.UK
Please select the month you are interested in, and a spreadsheet will open. Please then select the ‘Nationality’ tab.
[Ref: FOI 0552]