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1340262

registered interest
date	25/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Door Supervisors: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of adjusting training requirements in order to re-activate expired door security licenses to address the shortage of security staff in the night time economy sector.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
uin	22216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>Door supervisors are licensed by the Security Industry Authority (SIA). The requirement for door supervisor licence holders to achieve a qualification helps to ensure that they and members of the public are kept safe. The SIA sets the appropriate standard of qualifications, taking into account the views of interested parties including the industry, public safety experts and coroners.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not believe that re-activating expired licences, without those holding expired licences being subject to the normal application process, would be acceptable on public safety grounds. The normal application checks include whether an operative has been convicted of any criminal offences since last being granted a licence.</p><p> </p><p>The SIA recognises the qualifications offered by a number of government-regulated awarding organisations for the purposes of licensing. Neither the Home Office nor the SIA regulates the delivery of training which is the responsibility of dedicated agencies across the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p>It is also not the responsibility of the Home Office or the SIA to fund vocational education and training. The SIA is funded by licence application fees and Approved Contractor Scheme fees on the basis of the full recovery of its costs. Funding training for one type of licence applicant would require the SIA to recoup these costs from other applicants.</p><p> </p><p>However, the SIA recognises the importance of supporting licence-holders and applicants, especially during the current exceptional circumstances. The SIA has worked with the training providers’ awarding bodies to ensure that training is as flexible and cost-effective as possible. Options include a mixture of self-study, virtual classrooms, and face-to-face training in COVID-19 secure environments in line with Ofqual guidance.</p><p> </p><p>I am pleased to report that there are record numbers of licensed door supervisors on the register of SIA licence holders.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/07/2021 14:47:39 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1340265

registered interest
date	25/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Door Supervisors: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve the efficiency and accessibility of the new training requirements for door supervisor licenses; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
uin	22219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>Door supervisors are licensed by the Security Industry Authority (SIA). The requirement for door supervisor licence holders to achieve a qualification helps to ensure that they and members of the public are kept safe. The SIA sets the appropriate standard of qualifications, taking into account the views of interested parties including the industry, public safety experts and coroners.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not believe that re-activating expired licences, without those holding expired licences being subject to the normal application process, would be acceptable on public safety grounds. The normal application checks include whether an operative has been convicted of any criminal offences since last being granted a licence.</p><p> </p><p>The SIA recognises the qualifications offered by a number of government-regulated awarding organisations for the purposes of licensing. Neither the Home Office nor the SIA regulates the delivery of training which is the responsibility of dedicated agencies across the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p>It is also not the responsibility of the Home Office or the SIA to fund vocational education and training. The SIA is funded by licence application fees and Approved Contractor Scheme fees on the basis of the full recovery of its costs. Funding training for one type of licence applicant would require the SIA to recoup these costs from other applicants.</p><p> </p><p>However, the SIA recognises the importance of supporting licence-holders and applicants, especially during the current exceptional circumstances. The SIA has worked with the training providers’ awarding bodies to ensure that training is as flexible and cost-effective as possible. Options include a mixture of self-study, virtual classrooms, and face-to-face training in COVID-19 secure environments in line with Ofqual guidance.</p><p> </p><p>I am pleased to report that there are record numbers of licensed door supervisors on the register of SIA licence holders.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 22217 22218 22221 question first answered 01/07/2021 14:45:35 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1312352

registered interest
date	27/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Door Supervisors: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many door supervisor licences are being used (a) by people in static security roles and (b) for the purpose of door supervision at licenced premises in the most recent period for which that data is available.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	188130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 29/04/2021 12:44:47 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1312353

registered interest
date	27/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Door Supervisors: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many door supervisor licences are being used for the purpose of (a) door supervision and (b) security guarding in the most recent period for which that data is available.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	188131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 29/04/2021 12:46:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1312354

registered interest
date	27/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Door Supervisors: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many door supervisor licences are being used by people in (a) part-time and (b) full-time roles in the most recent period for which that data is available.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	188132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 29/04/2021 12:45:48 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith