SIA licences granted: incomplete address or criminality history
Published 17 June 2024
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Request
Question 1
How many foreign nationals or UK nationals within the last ten years (2014-2024) who were not resident in the UK for five years prior to applying for a licence, and who cannot complete a checkable five-year history, were granted a licence for the following sectors:
- Door supervision
- Security guarding
- Public space surveillance (CCTV)
- Close protection
- Key holding
- Cash and valuables in transit
Question 2
How many foreign nationals or UK nationals within the last five years (2019-2024) who were not resident in the UK for five years prior to applying for a licence, and who cannot complete a checkable five-year history, were granted a licence for the following sectors:
- Door supervision
- Security guarding
- Public space surveillance (CCTV)
- Close protection
- Key holding
- Cash and valuables in transit
Question 3
How many foreign nationals or UK nationals within the last ten years (2014-2024) who were not resident in the UK for five years prior to applying for a licence, and for whom the regulator cannot complete a criminal record check for the countries in which they resided, were granted a licence for the following sectors:
- Door supervision
- Security guarding
- Public space surveillance (CCTV)
- Close protection
- Key holding
- Cash and valuables in transit
Question 4
How many foreign nationals or UK nationals within the last five years (2019-2024) who were not resident in the UK for five years prior to applying for a licence, and for whom the regulator cannot complete a criminal record check for the countries in which they resided, were granted a licence for the following sectors:
- Door supervision
- Security guarding
- Public space surveillance (CCTV)
- Close protection
- Key holding
- Cash and valuables in transit
Response
I can confirm that the SIA does hold this information.
Question 1
Due to SIA system limitations, information pertaining to this request is only held for a period of 7 years. Therefore, the SIA can provide information between 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2023. We do not hold information pertaining to the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 as this is outside of the retention time frame.
Please also be aware that one individual may hold licences for multiple licence sectors simultaneously.
- Door supervision: 111,790
- Security guarding: 4,426
- Public space surveillance (CCTV): 5,534
- Close protection: 1,213
- Key holding: 165
- Cash and valuables in transit: 103
Question 2
Please be aware that one individual may hold licences for multiple licence sectors simultaneously.
- Door supervision: 95,105
- Security guarding: 4,103
- Public space surveillance (CCTV): 3,916
- Close protection: 723
- Key holding: 137
- Cash and valuables in transit: 56
Questions 3 and 4
For questions 3 and 4, please be aware that these figures are in relation to the SIA’s overseas criminality certificate (OCC) exemption and sworn oath process. For further information on this, please visit pages 39-40 and pages 41-42 of our licensing criteria, Get Licensed, which is a publicly available document.
Question 3
Due to SIA system limitations, information pertaining to this request is only held for a period of 7 years. Therefore, the SIA can provide information between 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2023. We do not hold information pertaining to the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 as this is outside of the retention time frame.
Please also be aware that one individual may hold licences for multiple licence sectors simultaneously.
- Door supervision: 2,929
- Security guarding: 92
- Public space surveillance (CCTV): 97
- Close protection: 14
- Key holding: 5
- Cash and valuables in transit: 0
Question 4
Please be aware that one individual may hold licences for multiple licence sectors simultaneously.
- Door supervision: 2,169
- Security guarding: 86
- Public space surveillance (CCTV): 77
- Close protection: 11
- Key holding: 4
- Cash and valuables in transit: 0
[Ref: FOI 0507]