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Malcolm Moss (Shadow Minister (Culture, Media & Sport), Culture, Media & Sport; North East Cambridgeshire, Conservative)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many doormen have (a) applied for and (b) been issued with a security industry authority licence since the Licensing Act 2003 came into force; what the backlog is for licences; what the cost of the individual is of acquiring a licence; and who is responsible for paying for a licence.

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Tony McNulty (Minister of State, Home Office; Harrow East, Labour)

Between 11 April 2005, when the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (the 2001 Act) came into force for the door supervision sector, and 18 October 2006, the Security Industry Authority (a) received 74,394 applications for door supervisor licences, of which (b) 57,834 have been granted.

There is currently no backlog in placing applications onto the SIA licensing system.

The SIA licence fee is £190.

The 2001 Act requires the applicant to pay the licence fee to the SIA. In practice, the employer often agrees to pay all or part of the fee.

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