The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has published its Strategic Plan 2026-29, which will cover its upcoming expanded remit, and its Business Plan for 2026-27.

The publication marks the expansion of the SIA's remit as it prepare to regulate for the upcoming Martyn's Law, alongside its existing responsibilities.

Over the next three years, the SIA plans to raise licensing standards, focusing for the first time on the quality of service provision, not just licensing compliance.

The SIA will be introducing a new business approval scheme and lay the groundwork for, and implement, Martyn’s Law, which is expected to commence in spring 2027.

The SIA has also published its 2026-27 Business Plan, which sets out what the SIA will deliver in the year ahead against the priorities set out in the Strategic Plan.

SIA Chair Mike Cunningham CBE QPM said: "We have spent time over the last year engaging with a diverse range of UK-wide stakeholders, including those within industry as well as our partner organisations within the protective security sphere, to ensure our plans reflect the public safety realities ahead.

"This strategic plan reflects an important opportunity for change at a scale the SIA has not seen in more than 20 years. We will concentrate on the areas in which we as the regulator can make the most difference to public protection. Success will improve public trust and confidence in private security, and in protective security at premises and events as people go about their lives throughout the UK."