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Post Offices: Security Industry Authority

Asked by Alex MayerLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 29 November 2024UIN 15307

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Security Industry Authority licence applications were made at a Crown Post Office last year.

Answered by Gareth Thomas

According to the Post Office, the number of Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence applications made at Directly Managed Branches for the 2023/2024 Financial Year was 15,150.

Across the total network, the number of SIA licensed applications made for the same Financial Year was 97,954.

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