To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many times companies have been notified of the refusal of an application they have made for a security licence in each of the last five years. (287643)

The numbers of companies notified of the refusal of a licence are as follows:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many security companies have been licensed in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. (287645)

The number of companies licensed are as follows:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many new security staff notified to his Department under the provisions of paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 13 to the Terrorism Act 2000 failed vetting; and for what reason in each case. (287673)

There were no new security staff notified under the provisions of paragraph 13(1) of schedule 13 to the Terrorism Act 2000 that failed vetting.

The Terrorism Act 2000 provisions fell in 2007 and were replaced by interim arrangements as set out in schedule 6 to the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many changes in security staff have been notified to his Department by private security companies in Northern Ireland as required under paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 13 to the Terrorism Act 2000 in each of the last five years; what arrangements are in place for vetting those staff; how many changed staff were vetted; and on average how long each vetting took. (287674)

The Terrorism Act 2000 provisions fell in 2007 and were replaced by interim arrangements as set out in schedule 6 to the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007. The information requested regarding changes to security staff is not readily available and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.

Under the Terrorism Act 2000 arrangements, the Secretary of State took into account a range of information from differing sources to determine if a company should be issued with a security licence. It was not the practice to vet individual security staff under these arrangements.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many companies are licensed as private security companies in Northern Ireland under the provisions of paragraph 6 of schedule 13 to the Terrorism Act 2000; and how many individuals are recorded as employed in those companies. (287676)

There are no companies licensed as private security companies in Northern Ireland under the provisions of paragraph 6 of schedule 13 to the Terrorism Act 2000.

The Terrorism Act 2000 provisions fell in 2007 and were replaced by interim arrangements as set out in schedule 6 to the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007.