Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is available for councils contracting private security firms to patrol town centres.

The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is a Home Office arm’s length body established by the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (PSIA) as the regulator of the private security industry.

The SIA publishes guidance for buyers of private security which is available at: Do you buy security?.

Complaints or concerns about the SIA, or about private security companies, or people working in the private security industry, can be raised at: Complaints procedure - Security Industry Authority - GOV.UK, Report a Crime or Concern.