IGF/3456:- Received 16 October 2017, responded 27 October 2017

Keywords:- Taxi test

-how the reformed taxi test is structured,

Originally 20 questions, of which 15 related to Child Sexual Exploitation,
Disability Awareness, Safeguarding, Customer Services, Equalities and
5 on York route knowledge. Please note, we are in the process of adding
a further 10 questions on the route and Licensing conditions.

-the content of the test itself and what it tests the applicant on,
Please see above

-the number of applicants one test session can hold and how many test
sessions there are in each month specifying if there are any months in
which there are more or less test sessions,
Each training session can have up to 15 applicants. There is one
scheduled each month between September ‘17 and July ‘18.

-how many new applicants have passed this taxi exam and how many
new test sessions have been held,
At the time of writing two test have been held, however I only have the
results of the first test available. In that test, 9 applicants passed.

-which organisation (if external) runs this test

Neil Lee Training in conjunction with the City of York Council

-and how many people have already booked themselves into this course
currently.

51 – as of 13 October 2017 (when the information to this question was

collated).