Written question asked by David Evennett (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 March 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 March 2008. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 May 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

Security: Licensing

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many licence applications were rejected by the Security Industry Authority on the grounds of criminality, broken down by (a) offence and (b) licence category in each year since its inception.

Answer

The total numbers of licence applications refused by the Security Industry Authority (SIA) from 2004-05 to 2007-08 are as follows.

	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Door supervision	1,067	1,586	1,423	1,642
Security guarding	—	662	1,833	1,028
Cash and valuables in transit	—	42	7	24
Public space surveillance	—	2	64	101
Close protection	—	1	53	31
Vehicle immobilisation	—	85	39	34
Key holding	—	0	3	-1
Total	1,067	2,378	3,422	2,859

Applications may be refused on a number of grounds, including criminality, mental health, the lack of the right to work or other information which the SIA may receive. Information on the grounds of refusal is recorded in individual cases but not centrally collated and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 475 c1568W; 196521
Session: 2007-08
Subjects: Licensing Security guards
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Security: Licensing

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