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But there must be some type of enforcement? and your license fee includes vehicle test.......I can only think your license fee is subsidised by the tax payer........the wages of your licensing department must cost about the same as what they get in fees.....so who's paying for the rest?

Every council is different and has different rates of pay etc.......you should perhaps be more cynical about those that subsidise the licensing scheme......invariably those are the ones that arent doing the job properly and it comes back to haunt licensees.

I would prefer the government to leave LA's alone.

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George Carlin

I think you will find these figures well out of date. and it will be more like 400 cars and 450 drivers

Our council have in the last month centralised all licencing and closed 2 unnecessary offices
They have also increased the number of hours that the enforcement officers now work as there are now only 2 instead of 4, so the extra wages are covered by the missing 2
I know they pay the testing station £20 per test.

Now what do we get for the £170.
Vehicle test, police check every year after the initial CRB
1 piece of folded A4 paper with the usual licence questions
3 month visual vehicle safety check
postage for licence docs

2 people cover the whole area?

wow.....not my business....but wow.

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

It only takes around half an hour to reach the main areas.
if we are required for a safety check we receive a letter informing us of a time scale IE 9AM to 3PM to turn up.

there cant be any enforcement at all.......what happens when they go on holiday?

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

The rest of the licencing team takes over.
All car licencing fees have to be paid before the 1st of April every year regardless of when the test is due
all drivers fee's must be paid and any docs submitted 2 weeks before the expiry date

The rest of the licensing team? you mean the other person.

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

were is skippyville sounds like a nice place near utopia off the A5? very reasonable rates

Its north of the border where they all wear womans clothing

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Hackney Carriage
1yr Driver £153
3yr Driver £340
Vehicle Licence £250
Duplicate Licence £5
Change of Licence £14
Vehicle Transfer £27
Driving Test £63
Competency assessment £60
Drivers Application Fee £52
Replacement ID card fee £10
Replacement MOGO plate £30
CRB Check £36
Replacement Documents £5
DVLA Licence check £18
Transfer from PH to HC etc. £37


Private Hire
1yr Driver £103.67
3yr Driver £221
Vehicle Licence £120
Operator fee per driver £4
Operators fee cap N/A
Operators application fee £140
Duplicate Licence £5
Change of Licence £14
Vehicle Transfer £27
Driving Test £63
Competency assessment £60
Drivers Application Fee £52
Replacement ID card fee £10
Replacement MOGO plate £30
CRB Check £36
Replacement Documents £5
DVLA Licence check £18
Transfer from HC to PH £37

Ive never had to pay all fees by the 1st of april to the SBC...I started in June 2000 oatcake and all my dates stem back to that date , cars and drivers fees and tests all revolve around that date for me..

can some one remove this please, double post

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now a licensed hackney driver

Why does it cost more for hackney driver and vehicle licences than private hire, any reason for that?

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now a licensed hackney driver

It shouldn't unless hackney badges are made with a different strength of plastic, or a lower level employee does the processing of PH badges.

It would be an interesting question for someone to ask.

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IDFIMH

Payment for ranks maybe?

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin