Whistleblowing to the SIA
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This guidance sets out how to make a protected disclosure to the Security Industry Authority, and what we will do with the disclosures we receive.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Governance & assurance
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
This guidance sets out how to make a protected disclosure to the Security Industry Authority, and what we will do with the disclosures we receive. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- The SIA is a 'prescribed person'
- What we mean by 'whistleblower'
- Making a protected disclosure to the SIA
- Things that fall within our remit
- Reporting openly, confidentially, or anonymously
- Disclosures made openly
- Disclosures made confidentially
- Disclosures made anonymously
- What we will do
- Telling you what we have done
- We will publish reports about what we have done
- If you want to complain
- If you are victimised because of whistleblowing
Source and licence
Security Industry Authority
AttributionSecurity Industry Authority, ‘Whistleblowing to the SIA’ (updated 1 June 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026