[holding answer 19 June 2006]: Valid applications that could be processed in each month since April 2005 are represented in the following table. The Security Industry Act do not produce specific reports for each month broken down by sector. A number of applications that were not valid (for example because key documents were not enclosed) have also been received.
Number of valid applications received by the SIA 2005 April 3,938 May 3,801 June 4,045 July 5,083 August 6,270 September 5,610 October 7,386 November 7,975 December 8,785 2006 January 11,402 February 15,745 March 18,452 April 12,908 May 14,715 Total 126,115
[holding answer 19 June 2006]: This information is not available. However, the Security Industry Authority's (SIA's) despatch policy is that upon receipt of a telephone request the SIA sends out an application form within two days by first class post. There are two other methods for ordering application forms—companies can request via a bulk process and individuals via the website. These systems currently distribute applications within three to four days with delivery by data post and first class post respectively.