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The Licensing Committee recommended to Full Council that proposals for additional providers of driver assessment in accord with DVSA criteria for the purposes of Hackney Carriage and private hire driver licensing, as set out in paragraph 7 of the report, be approved.

The above Committee recommended to Full Council that proposals for additional providers of driver assessment in accord with DVSA criteria for the purposes of Hackney Carriage and private hire driver licensing, as set out in paragraph 7 of the report, be approved

Proposed by Councillor Laine Shears (seconded by Councillor Edna Stevens) it was:

            RESOLVED that the above recommendation be approved.

Since the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) had ceased providing assessments for taxi and private hire drivers, the Council had established a list of three approved organisations to undertake them. 

In order to fill gaps in the current provision, the Committee received a report proposing amendments to the approved list of driving standard assessment providers.  These proposals would give driver licence applicants more choice and also include assessments for those with vehicles adapted for transporting people while seated in a wheelchair. 

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL that the proposals for additional providers of driver assessment in accord with DVSA criteria for the purposes of Hackney Carriage and private hire driver licensing, as set out in paragraph 7 of the report, be approved.