Brummie Cabbie wrote:
The cost of granting a driver’s licence is set to soar from £58 to £100.
As I alluded to elsewhere on here, how can that be legal?
Has plastic gone up so much? Have wages gone up that much?
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Fri Aug 27, 2010 8:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Taxi drivers face 72% increase in cost of licences |
Taxi drivers face 72% increase in cost of licences Friday, August 27, 2010 Plans for inflation-busting price hikes in the cost of licences for the Island’s taxi drivers and zoos are set to be put under the microscope by licensing chiefs at the IW Council on Tuesday. If they are given the go-ahead, taxi drivers face an increase of 72.4 per cent for a licence, while the cost of issuing a fresh licence to a zoo operator will rise from £774 to £1,360—a rise of 75.7 per cent. The cost of renewing a zoo licence will also go up by 5.5 per cent from £900 to £950. In June this year, members of the committee agreed to defer a decision to increase the fees until each zoo operator on the IW had been consulted. However, there have been no replies to the consultation letter sent out to zoo operators, according to a report which members of the committee will discuss on Tuesday. Other planned fee increases due to be discussed by the committee will be controversial new charges affecting hackney carriage and private hire taxi firms. The cost of granting a driver’s licence is set to soar from £58 to £100. Other increases include granting a hackney carriage vehicle licence, which is set to rise from £228 to £270, an increase of 15.5 per cent, and the cost of a private hire owner’s licence, which is due to go up from £145 to £180—an increase of 24.1 per cent. An identical 97 objection letters to the increases were submitted by taxi operators. They say the increases are excessive and well above inflation. Source; http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/news/taxi-dr ... 34445.aspx |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:52 pm ] |
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let me guess the government has capped the grant so everyone else has to be fleeced to pay the generous pensions ! |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Fri Aug 27, 2010 6:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Taxi drivers face 72% increase in cost of licences |
Brummie Cabbie wrote: The cost of granting a driver’s licence is set to soar from £58 to £100.
As I alluded to elsewhere on here, how can that be legal? Has plastic gone up so much? Have wages gone up that much?
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| Author: | mancityfan [ Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:41 pm ] |
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for a minute there I thought it was Ashfield again? |
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| Author: | Skull [ Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:29 pm ] |
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You, yes you, allow the hike in licence fees, no one else.  Stand back and do nothing and then take it up the ar*e, it's dead simple.
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| Author: | grumpy [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:39 am ] |
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Skull wrote: You, yes you, allow the hike in licence fees, no one else. Stand back and do nothing and then take it up the ar*e, it's dead simple. you'll not be including these fine fellows in your diatribe then? Quote: An identical 97 objection letters to the increases were submitted by taxi operators.
They say the increases are excessive and well above inflation. |
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| Author: | gusmac [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 7:11 pm ] |
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Here's me thinking they can only cover the costs involved in the licensing process. |
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| Author: | Stationtone [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:06 pm ] |
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I asked Dundee City Council for the following info 1. Can you please advice me how much revenue was raised by hackney carriage and private hire license fees in the last three financial years (2007/8, 2008/9, 2009/10)? 2. Can you please advise me if there was any deficit in the hackney carriage and private hire licensing budget, in the last three financial years (2007/8, 2008/9, 2009/10)? 3. Can you please advise me if there was any excess in the hackney carriage and private hire licensing budget, in the last three financial years (2007/8, 2008/9, 2009/10)? 4. If there was a deficit or excess can you please advise how much for each financial year (2007/8, 2008/9, 2009/10)? 5. If there was an excess in the financial years 2007/8, 2008/9, 2009/10 can you advise me what this money was used for? 6. Can you please give me an itemized break down on what the money received from taxi and private hire licensing fees was spent on, in the last three financial years (2007/8, 2008/9, 2009/10)? There Answer was Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - 20100624001 Dear Sir I refer to your email of 24 June. The answers to your questions are as follows. 1. 2007/8 £173,540 2008/9 £334,875 2009/10 £167,585 2,3,4+6. Please see the attached spreadsheet 5. Any excesses are carried forward to meet future deficits. Yours faithfully Roger Mennie Legal Manager SPREAD SHEET DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL Analysis of Expenditure re Taxi & Private Hire Licences 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 Admin Costs - Staff Costs, etc. 78,856 109,221 35,045 Appeals 9,000 10,000 0 Police Costs 98,961 113,000 106,924 City Chambers 2,970 5,000 5,000 ------------ ------------ ------------ 189,787 237,221 146,969 Police Office Costs 7,000 31,000 11,000 Disclosure Scotland Check 29,000 2,300 Badges 300 7,250 575 ------------ ------------ ------------ 197,087 304,471 160,844 ------------ ------------ ------------ Can they legally keep any excesses to meet future deficits. sorry spread sheet did not post very well 
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| Author: | Sussex [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:16 pm ] |
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stationtone wrote: Can they legally keep any excesses to meet future.
At the end of the day no final account is ever going to match up to a budget, so there will always be a surplus/deficit. That could be a £1 or £10,000. I can't fathom out the massive increase in year 2008/9.
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| Author: | Stationtone [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:19 pm ] |
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We renew our badges every three years that is why it is so high |
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| Author: | Skull [ Mon Aug 30, 2010 3:25 am ] |
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grumpy wrote: Skull wrote: You, yes you, allow the hike in licence fees, no one else. Stand back and do nothing and then take it up the ar*e, it's dead simple. you'll not be including these fine fellows in your diatribe then? Quote: An identical 97 objection letters to the increases were submitted by taxi operators. They say the increases are excessive and well above inflation. I bet the council are quaking in their shoes. Who would have thought, 97 objections?  What a terrifying response to being bent over at right angles and shafted.
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| Author: | grumpy [ Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:34 am ] |
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Skull wrote: I bet the council are quaking in their shoes. Who would have thought, 97 objections? What a terrifying response to being bent over at right angles and shafted.That would depend on what % of the total fleet 97 represents.but no I don't think they'll be shaking, just yet. it will depend on what notice (or otherwise) they take of the objections, I would think. |
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| Author: | toots [ Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:40 am ] |
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skull wrote: What a terrifying response to being bent over at right angles and shafted.
I think you have a fixation with being bent over and shafted cos that appears to be on your mind quite a lot 
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| Author: | grandad [ Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:40 am ] |
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stationtone wrote: We renew our badges every three years that is why it is so high
Does it cost more to renew a drivers badge if it is done for 3 years rather than one year? |
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| Author: | Stationtone [ Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:08 am ] |
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no , Badges are giving out every three years so if you applied now for a badge it would have to be renewed next year when every one has to renew. |
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