Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken was to process applications and renewals by the Security Industry Authority in each month since January 2016.

The average time taken to process 80% of applications (including renewals) within 25 working days is unavailable in the format requested.

The Security Industry Authority's (SIA’s) new IT system (introduced in July 2016) enables more detailed performance analysis. The system shows that the average number of days for processing applications (including renewals) was 38 days in July and 30 days in August.

Once fully embedded, the SIA expect that the processing time for applications will be quicker than under the old system.