Issue - meetings

Chris Howell, Licensing Manager, presented a report asking Members to:

1. Authorise the introduction of an administrative charge to recover costs for processing immigration requests on behalf of applicants who cannot confirm immigration status or provide sufficient evidence of a right to work in the UK.
2. Approve the proposed charge for the right to work check as outlined in section 5.2 of the report as of 1 January 2018.

The Licensing Manager provided the following responses to issues raised by the Committee:

• The proposed administrative charge of £125 had been determined by the average time it took officers to carry out works associated the check;
• When applying for a licence every driver had to prove they had a right to work in the UK;

Resolved:

That Members of the Licensing Committee:

1. Authorised the introduction of an administrative charge to recover costs for processing immigration requests on behalf of applicants who cannot confirm immigration status or provide sufficient evidence of a right to work in the UK.
2. Approved the proposed charge for the right to work check as outlined in section 5.2 of the report as of 1 January 2018.