Written Question·Home Office·UIN 82830
Security Guards: English Language
Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department will extend English language testing requirements to foreign nationals working in (a) private security or (b) enforcement roles contracted by the Department.
Answer
Mike TappThe Private Security Industry Act (PSIA) 2001 created the Security Industry Authority (SIA) as the regulator of the private security industry.The SIA sets minimum training standards and issues licenses to applicants who have acquired the correct licence-l...
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