FOI release

SIA staff numbers and wage bill

Published 26 January 2023

1. Request

This is an information request relating to the number of staff working at the organisation.

Please include the following information for each of the financial years 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021, 2021 to 2022:

  • The number of staff working at the organisation in each of these financial years
  • The total wage bill for each of these years

Please also provide me with the current headcount of staff.

2. Response

The SIA does hold the information you have requested. The answers to your questions are provided below.

Current headcount: 344

2021/22 2020/21 2019/20
Headcount 289 273 280
Total wage bill (£m) 14.441 14.856 14.008

This information is also available online, except for the headcounts. You can find it here: Security Industry Authority annual reports.

[Reference: FOI 0385]