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The same thing could be said for taxi fares.

To a degree yes, but the cost of living varies from area to area, as does the licensing criteria.

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IDFIMH

How does the cost of living in areas affect licence fees?

a plate is a plate, a medical is a medical and a A4 printed ops licence wont cost more or less to print in Abergavenny than it does in Westminster

its a con

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

id be happy with the lowest fees and the highest meter rates...

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

I'm saying it shouldn't.

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IDFIMH

sorry

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What about?

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http://wingsoverscotland.com/ http://www.newsnetscotland.com/

Being mean to me.

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IDFIMH

I got confused

Gotta have a nap today in case I get called to use my new digicard brum-halewood in yorkie bar wagon...

hope its not a sleeper cab

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

I was looking to do a FOI to a council regarding fees, anybody point me in the right direction on how exactly to word the request so I get the right answer.

Thanks

take a look at the drivers badge fee increase thread in this section. There is everything you need to ask there.

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Grandad,

Please feel free to amend as required, dates ect. I advise that you request only 2 items at a time?


Licensing of Hackney Carriages and Private Hire Vehicles, their drivers and Operators.

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.
Section 70 - Fees and Charges.


Enquiry submitted under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Information requested from the Council to allow Lancsdriver to consider the current scale of fees and charges by reference to the costs chargeable by the Council to the Cost Centre(s) covering the licensing of Taxis.

I ask the Council to provide the following information at the earliest opportunity:-


a) Please provide a copy of any report submitted by Licensing officers to the Head of Function or any Council body to request authority to implement the most recently revised scale of fees.

b) Please provide a copy of the financial estimates for the operation of the Taxi Licensing function for 2012/13.

c) Please provide details of the number of vehicle licenses, driver licenses and operator licenses the Council envisages issuing in the current year.

d) Please provide a copy of the Job description of each member of staff wholly or partly employed in the carrying out of the vehicle, driver and operator licensing function. For staff not wholly employed on such activity please advise the percentage of time charged to the taxi and non-taxi activity in their job descriptions.

e) Please advise details of the staff and management structure in respect of taxi licensing.

f) Please advise details of staff costs charged directly to the licensing account
NB. I only request details of the posts and the aggregated total annual forecast cost including all Employer’s on-costs.




g) Please provide a copy of the Subjective Cost Centre(s) Budget(s) for taxi licensing activity showing the estimated costs and income for 2012/13.against each relevant nominal ledger code. Please also supply a copy of the year to date outturn to the last available accounting period and any forecast outturn for the current financial year.

h) Please provide details of how recovery of corporate overhead and any other indirect or apportioned charges are calculated for the Taxi Licensing Subjective cost centre(s).

i) Please advise, under the Council’s Constitution and scheme of delegation, which
Cabinet member(s) and Officers have responsibility for the determination of the
Council’s policies and practice in respect of any matters relating to its powers
under the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 and The Local Government
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.

City Fan, thanks,

by asking for 2 at a time is that to mitigate the risk of them charging me?

But if I do that wont it diminish the chances of the correct reply and take ages given they have 20 working days to reply, which is effectively a month.

Could do with something shorter and more to the point, I just want to know how a particular council arrive at the figure for a years badge.

Thanks for input, I have read Grandads thread on the subject and was very interested in your comments.

You are correct. They could charge you. You don't say why you want it quick? But you can just ask for the information on drivers licenses, they have to keep a seperate account just for this. So you should get a quick reply:-) I'm assuming they are doing things correctly.

City fan,

It's not so much that I want it quick, I know from past experience they drag it out.

I will do an FOI just for the drivers licence, any advice on wording would be appreciated.

What they are charging is 4 times neighboring authorities and double or more comparable sized authorities.