The UK Department for Transport has published a transparency notice listing approved providers of port facility security officer training. The announcement appears under the department's transparency data series and is dated 21 August 2026.
The document is titled "Transparency data: Port facility security officer training: list of approved training providers" and, as the title indicates, sets out which organisations the department recognises as approved to provide that training. The publication is presented by the Department for Transport as a formal record of approved training providers for the port facility security officer role.
The list itself is framed as a compilation of approved training providers; it identifies organisations that have met the criteria required by the department for deliverers of port facility security officer training. The entry on the government website is presented as a transparency item and the date attached to the record is 21 August 2026.
What the publication contains
The record supplied by the Department for Transport is a listing rather than guidance or policy text; its stated purpose in the header is to name approved training providers for port facility security officer training. The listing is issued under the department's transparency data heading, indicating it is intended to inform readers about the existence of a current roster of approved providers.
Where it was published and how it is presented
The item was published by the UK Department for Transport on the government website and carries the date 21 August 2026. The title and placement within the department's transparency section identify the material as a publicly released administrative list rather than a technical manual or legislative instrument.
The publication provides an authoritative reference point set out by the Department for Transport regarding which organisations are approved to carry out port facility security officer training, as described in the department's notice. The listing is presented as a matter of record and is linked directly to the department's transparency outputs.
Readers seeking to confirm whether a training provider appears on that approved list will find the Department for Transport's notice dated 21 August 2026 to be the official source named in the government's transparency series. The department's publication supplies the consolidated list of approved providers under the headline given in the transparency data entry.
The Department for Transport's notice stands as the published account, under the transparency data banner, of approved training providers for port facility security officer training, and it is dated 21 August 2026. Organisations, employers and individuals who require confirmation of the status of PFSO training providers should consult the department's published list as the departmental record.