F/ON from FOI-1790-17178 Off the back of FOI-1797-1718 please confirm the criteria used to select the 2,621 from the 13,000 under original review. I would like confirmation of : The overall risk assessment taken once the 13,000 was established Details of the criteria used to decide whether or not to contact the affected drivers Confirmation of who made this decision and in what capacity You will note this request involves a handful of documents (risk assessment and criteria ) two documents as such will fall well within the £450 limit

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TfL Ref: FOI-2246-1718

Thank you for your email received on 11 November asking about driver licensing and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our Information Access Policy. I can confirm that we hold the information you require. You asked:

“Off the back of FOI-1797-1718 please confirm the criteria used to select the 2,621 from the 13,000 under original review.

I would like confirmation of :

The overall risk assessment taken once the 13,000 was established

Details of the criteria used to decide whether or not to contact the affected drivers

Confirmation of who made this decision and in what capacity

You will note this request involves a handful of documents (risk assessment and criteria ) two documents as such will fall well within the £450 limit”

We do not hold information regarding a risk assessment. Our criteria was to identify and write to all private hire licensees and applicants that had not submitted a DBS disclosure with our service provider, GB Group.

Of the 13,000 individual drivers and applicants (the maximum number who may have used a third party DBS service), we identified and wrote to 2,621 private hire licensees and 852 applicants, who had been processed by a third party, informing them that they would need to obtain an enhanced DBS check with TfL’s service provider, GB Group.

TfL, as the appropriate licensing authority, took the decision to carry out these checks following a review of our policy and discussions with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Further details can be found by visiting our website www.tfl.gov.uk/tph.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.

Yours sincerely

Sara Thomas

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel, Transport for London

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