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You should bring this up with your MP, yes your right another money making scam

Do you lads think I would get anywhere by objecting to the 1 year CRB check ?
To be honest the council that requests a once a year CRB I only keep the badge valid, I do not have a car plated with them.
But it is however up for renewal and I think its a lot to pay simply to find out that the CRB will say no more /no less than all the other CRB's I have.
I have 2 HC/PH CRB's..another for my school contract and another for a dispatch company I do work for !
3 Enhanced and 1 standard disclosures ! And they still want another.
I suppose I will have to eat humble pie and pay the dosh.

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IDFIMH

I think all you need to do is to refer your council to the DfT best practise.

Criminal Record Checks

42. A criminal record check is an important safety measure and is widely required. Taxi and PHV drivers can be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure through the Criminal Records Bureau; this level of disclosure includes details of spent convictions and police cautions. In considering an individual's criminal record, local licensing authorities will want to consider each case on its merits, but they will doubtless take a particularly cautious view of any offences involving violence, and especially sexual attack. In order to achieve consistency, and thus avoid the risk of successful legal challenge, local authorities will doubtless want to have a clear policy for the consideration of criminal records, for example the number of years they will require to have elapsed since the commission of particular kinds of offences before they will grant a licence.

43. Local licensing authorities will also want to have a policy on background checks for applicants from elsewhere in the EU and other overseas countries. One approach is to require a certificate of good conduct authenticated by the relevant embassy. The Criminal Records Bureau website (www.crb.gov.uk) gives information about obtaining certificates of good conduct, or similar documents, from a number of countries. More generally, the Home Office's Employers' Helpline (0845 010 6677) can be used by licensing staff to obtain general guidance on immigration documentation, although this Helpline is not able to advise on individual cases. The authority can obtain case specific immigration status information, including whether a licensing applicant is permitted to work or details of work restrictions, from the Evidence and Enquiry Unit, Floor 12, Lunar House, Wellesley Road, Croydon CR9 2BY . Further details on the procedures involved can be obtained by contacting the Unit (020 8196 3011).

44. It would seem best practice for Criminal Records Bureau disclosures to be sought when a licence is first applied for and then every three years, even if a licence is renewed annually, provided drivers are obliged to report all new convictions and cautions to the licensing authority.

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IDFIMH

tell him to get it writing about what happens if its not back. if that dosent work ive got a driver who the same thing happened to but he got a month lic .let me know and he said he will give a statement

Hiya mate, not seen you for a while, i'll do that cheers.
I'll make the effort to catch up during the week!