Proposed changes to the SIA's licensing criteria (Get Licensed)
- From:
- Security Industry Authority
- Published
- 11 March 2025
- Last updated
- 29 May 2025 — See all updates
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Detail of feedback received
We received 3,392 responses to this consultation. Most responses (97.58%) were from people who hold an active SIA licence. Of these, 69.73% hold a door supervisor licence. The largest groups after this were security guard licences (24.05%) and public space surveillance (CCTV) licences (21.95%).
Most respondents (89.12%) answered the survey on their own behalf. 7.65% of respondents answered the survey on behalf of a private security business.
We will publish a full report on the consultation outcome and next steps in autumn 2025.
Summary
We are consulting on proposed changes to the criteria we use when making our licensing decisions. We publish the criteria in our 'Get Licensed' document.
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Consultation description
We are proposing to:
- add criminal offences to the current list of offences we consider when we make licensing decisions
- introduce a new approach to licensing decisions where licence applicants or licence holders have certain types of offences on their record
We are inviting public feedback on our proposed changes. This is so we can make sure that the changes we are proposing to make are the right ones.
Documents
Get Licensed consultation: Introduction and overview of the proposed changes
ODT, 45.2 KB
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Get Licensed consultation: Changes to our list of relevant offences
ODT, 120119 KB
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Get Licensed consultation: Changes to our licensing criteria on past criminality and the 'fit and proper' test
ODT, 43.4 KB
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Update history
2025-10-02 10:27
Updated to include the consultation outcome report.
2025-05-29 09:18
Added a public feedback note, detailing how many responses we received and who they were from.
2025-03-11 11:00
First published.