We are updating our licensing criteria to improve standards in the private security industry and so better protect the public.

We conducted a public consultation about this from 11 March 2025 to 20 May 2025. We received 3,392 responses. Read more about the consultation .

From 1 December we will use the updated rules when:

you apply for a licence – this includes applying to renew your licence

you hold a licence, and we receive new information about you that makes us review your suitability for a licence (for example, we learn that you have recently committed a crime)

If you already hold a licence, we will not apply the new rules to you unless we receive new information about you, or you apply for a new licence.

We have summarised the changes we are making below.

We are updating our

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