Security Guards: English Language
Commons · Question 82830 · Tabled 16 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
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
Answered by Mike Tapp, 21 Oct 2025
The 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...