Written questions

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...