Issue - meetings

Review of Training Requirements for Licensed Drivers

 

 

Meeting: 05/09/2022 - Licensing and Regulatory Committee (Item 50)

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Report of the Head of Highways and Public Protection

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report of the Assistant Director of Place (Highways and Public Protection) regarding removal of the requirement for all new licensed drivers to have completed the VRQ (Introduction to the Role of Professional Taxi and Private Hire Driver) and replace it with a new redesigned training course.

 

RESOLVED: That

 

(1)

the requirement for new drivers to complete the VRQ training programme be removed; and

 

(2)

the creation of a new redesigned training course requirement be created; and

 

(3)

once established, the new training course be made a mandatory requirement for all drivers.