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Fees hike slammed
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CM COVER STORY THE DRIVING Standards Agency (DSA) wants to introduce inflation-busting increases to its vocational driving test fees, to the anger of the haulage industry.
Following VOSA's proposals to raise test fees, the DSA says there is a £14m black hole in its operating expenditure for 2009/10, £4m of which needs to be spent on new services such as the Driver CPC.
In addition, it claims an income shortfall due to falling demand means HGV test fees need to rise by 13.3%.
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) says it is "completely unacceptable" for the DSA to be seeking this massive hike and says a fall in demand should be leading to efficiency savings instead.
"What are they spending their money on?" asks Joan Williams, FTA head of mad freight policy.
• Turn to page 19 for the DSA chief executive Rosemary Thew's views on the Driver CPC.