DSA will not split CPC numbers
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THE ROAD TRANSPORT industry has been left in the dark after the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) confirmed it will not differentiate between HGV and PSV training when accounting for the number of CPC. courses delivered to drivers.
A spokesman for the DSA says it has no plans to differentiate between training courses completed by drivers of heavy goods vehicles and passenger-carrying vehicles. "People have both types of licence and the training is applicable to both types," the spokesman said.
He adds that splitting the figures is "not feasible" and they cannot always tell which licence the training is applicable to.
The lack of information regarding the volume of Driver CPC training delivered to HGV drivers has been a source of frustration for training providers keen to improve the uptake of courses ahead of 2014.
Sean Pargeter, sales director at EP Training Services, says: ''There are 90 PSV training companies, but more firms are delivering Driver CPC for HGVs, but we don't know which have [delivered] and have not."
Paul Spink, commercial director at System, says there is a need for "better feedback" from the DSA with regards to the type of training delivered.
According to information obtained by CM through the Freedom of Information Act, between 10 September 2009 (when Driver CPC became mandatory for I IGV drivers) and 31 August 2010, there have been 51,241 training courses completed, with 285,755 people attending training. In total, the DSA and Joint Approvals Unit for Peri odic Training (JAUPT) received a revenue of £4.7m relating to Driver CPC delivery between 1 September 2009 and 31 August 2010 from the PSV and HGV sectors.
This can be broken down as follows: • The DSA received fees of more than £bn from training companies as part of applications to approve or re-approve training courses; • JAUPT has been paid 027542 for completed training course applications; • The DSA earned £2.5m in recorded course fees through this charge, and a further £525,064 has been deferred until driver qualification cards are issued on completion of 35 hours of training.
• See p18 for more.