Has all of the 13k ph drivers without DBS been notified yet?
Request ID: FOI-2464-1718
Date published: 22 December 2017
You asked
Referring to the 13k ph drivers without DBS how many have renewed their DBS correctly now?
And has any of the 13k ph drivers been convicted or arrested since being given a ph license and holding incorrect DBS
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-2464-1718
Thank you for your email received on 28 November 2017 asking for information about private hire driver Disclosure and Barring Service 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:
Referring to the 13k ph drivers without DBS how many have renewed their DBS correctly now?
And has any of the 13k ph drivers been convicted or arrested since being given a ph license and holding incorrect DBS
As part of Transport for London’s (TfL) licensing application process, all applicants are required to undertake an ‘enhanced’ Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Following a review of TfL policy and discussion with the DBS, we only accept enhanced DBS checks performed by our contractor, GBGroup. As an exception, and where appropriate, we will accept enhanced checks performed by other taxi and private hire licensing authorities that are no more than 4 months old
Following a review of approximately 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 informing them that they would need to obtain an enhanced DBS check with our service provider, GB Group.
As of 5 December 2017, we have suspended the licences of 916 of the 2,621 drivers who have failed to undertake a new enhanced DBS check via GB Group.
Of these, two drivers have received convictions subsequent to their original enhanced DBS check. We have taken appropriate licensing action against both drivers.
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.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely
Lee Hill
Senior FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
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