Issue details

Application considered

Representations heard from the applicant regarding his application for a Private Hire Vehicle Driver’s License.

We have found the following facts:

The applicant has four previous convictions (recorded in 2020) for the offences disclosed in his DBS certificate. These convictions were connected to insurance matters regarding a vehicle.

The applicant was previously known by a different name and changed his name by deed poll – the previous name was disclosed on his application.

The applicant did not disclose his previous convictions on his application.

That the application form clearly states:

“You MUST declare ALL previous convictions: Criminal and non-criminal cautions, whether spent or unspent, no matter how long ago they occurred and no matter whether they have been declared on a previous application.

Do you have any previous convictions?”

Law and guidance considered

Legislation and policy referred to in the report

Fenland District Council – Taxi Licensing policy

Any statutory guidance

Conditions of Licensing

Legal advice provided

That the applicant changed his name by deed poll

That the Disclosure & Barring Service list of “aliases” has accounted for every variation of names supplied

That convictions for the purposes of Private Hire Vehicle Driver Licences are not spent and must be disclosed upon application.

Matters found to be irrelevant

The applicant’s personal  circumstances.