questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, a) what assessment she has made of the impact of requirements relating to the Disclosure and Barring Service Update Service on taxi and private hire driver licence renewals; b) whether her Department plans to review the requirement for drivers to subscribe to the DBS Update Service within a fixed timeframe; c) what estimate she has made of the number of drivers required to submit a new enhanced DBS check due to lapses in Update Service subscriptions; d) whether she has had discussions with the Disclosure and Barring Service on simplifying renewal processes for licensed drivers.
answerText: The Department’s statutory guidance recommends that licensing authorities require driver licence applicants to provide an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and to subscribe to the DBS Update Service, to enable a status check to be carrie...
heading: Taxis: Licensing