To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people given Security Industry Authority (SIA) licences who were not legally entitled to work in the UK have worked for (a) the SIA, (b) the Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) and (c) companies contracted to work for the SIA or BIA. (175491)

Since the commencement of statutory licensing for security operatives by the Security Industry Authority (SIA) there have been no cases of security staff licensed by the SIA found to be working without the right to work for the SIA, or the Border and Immigration Agency (BIA), or companies contracted to work for the SIA or BIA.

As my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary told Parliament on 13 December, the BIA is prioritising enforcement action in the security industry. As part of this work, the BIA is working with their security sub-contractors to recheck the right to work of all their staff supplied to the BIA.