Agenda item - Chair's Communications

Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Vehicles

Suspensions & Revocations

12.1    The Chair reported that since the last meeting of the Committee:

            1 driver had their Hackney Carriage Driver Licence revoked for no longer being a “fit and proper person”, their application for a Private Hire Drivers licence had also been refused;

            2 drivers had their licences suspended on medical grounds;

            4 drivers had received formal warnings; and

2 Drivers had their licences suspended on medical grounds;

4 Drivers had received formal warnings; and

A driver previously suspended pending the outcome of legal proceeding had been convicted for historic child sexual offences and had been sentenced to 16 years imprisonment.

Private Hire Operators Licence Application

12.2    On the 19^th October a Licensing Panel considered an application for a Private Hire Operator from Uber Britannia Ltd. The Panel determined that a licence should be granted for 1 year. The licence was issued on the 5^th November.

12.3    RESOLVED – That the position be noted.