Consultation Dates: 10th July 2024 – 30th September 2024
The Institute of Licensing (IoL) invites views from all interested parties on its draft revised guidance: ‘Suitability Guidance: Guidance on determining the suitability of applicants and licensees in the taxi and private hire industry’.
The Guidance is intended to assist local licensing authorities in considering their own local licensing policies on determining the suitability of applicants and licence holders for taxi and private hire licensing.
The original guidance was published in April 2018, which was closely mirrored in the annex at section 10 of the DfT's Statutory taxi and private hire vehicle standards*, published in 2020. The review has been conducted by the IoL’s Suitability Guidance Working Group (the Suitability Group), which comprises:
· Stephen Turner, Solicitor at Hull City Council (Working Group Chair)
· James Button, James Button & Co Solicitors
· Yvonne Lewis, Licensing Manager, City & County of Swansea
· Linda Cannon, former Licensing Manager, Basingstoke Council
· Phil Bates, Licensing Manager, Southampton City Council
· John Miley, former Licensing Manager (Broxtowe Borough Council) and National Chair for NALEO
· Professor James Treadwell, Professor of Criminology, Staffordshire University
· Sue Nelson, IoL Executive Officer
· Ellie Birch, IoL Executive Assistant
The group undertook an initial consultation exercise in September 2022, and received 114 responses as a result, all of which have been reviewed and considered by the Suitability Group in preparing this revised version.
THIS SURVEY WILL CLOSE ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2024.
A print version of the survey can be downloaded here.
* https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statutory-taxi-and-private-hire-vehicle-standards/statutory-taxi-and-private-hire-vehicle-standards#annex-conviction