DSA stands by Driver CPC costs
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THE DSA HAS defended the cost of the Driver CPC, after CM revealed last week that the driver training scheme had generated more than £30m of revenue for the agency since 2008.
Last week (CM 1 August), CM reported that the DSA had raised a total of £30.1m via upload fees and course and centre approvals and re-approvals, with one training provider questioning the £18.7m raised simply by registering training details with the DSA. The DSA justified the expenditure on the Driver CPC in a statement: "As a trading fund, the DSA is required to cover the costs of its services from the fees paid by its customers. Driver CPC fees cover
a range of expenditure including IT systems, course approval, quality assurance and compliance visits."
It was also revealed last week that the DSA had spent £322,515 on awareness advertising for the Driver CPC between 2008 and 2010, and subsequently has spent nothing.
The DSA statement added: "DSA has worked closely with the industry to inform drivers about their responsibility to comply with the Driver CPC. The level of take-up so far has been encouraging, with drivers across the goods and passenger sectors completing about 16 million hours of accredited periodic training."