Issue - meetings

To consider and endorse, or make recommendations to the Cabinet Member for Planning, Highways, Transport and Waste on the proposal for Kent County Council to continue to provide the management and delivery of the National Driver Offender Retraining Schemes to the Kent Police Diversionary Partnership for a further five years.

David Beaver (Head of Waste and Business Services) was in attendance for this item.

1. Mr M Whiting (Cabinet Member for Planning, Highways, Transport and Waste) introduced the report that set out the proposal for Kent County Council to continue to provide the management and delivery of the National Driver Offender Retraining Schemes to the Kent Policy Diversionary Partnership for a further five years.

2. David Beaver (Head of Waste and Business Services) informed Members that Kent County Council had conducted the National Driver Offender Retraining Schemes on behalf of Kent Police for the last ten years. The Scheme was part of the Casualty Reduction Strategy that was adopted in 2014 and approved by the Environment and Transport Cabinet Committee in 2015. The training service was for low level traffic offenders who were referred to KCC by the enforcement body to undertake driver retraining as an alternative to receiving penalty fines and licence endorsements.

3. David Beaver summarised KCC’s role as the service provider and informed Members that KCC were able to recontribute its expertise and finances back into road safety.

4. In response to questions the officer provided further information:

1. David Beaver informed Members that those who are referred by the enforcement body to attend the retraining scheme should not have personal data shared on public records.

2. In response to Drink Driver Awareness courses, David Beaver informed Members that this was not something that was currently being delivered by Kent County Council as part of the National Driver Offender Retraining Schemes as this was managed directly by the Police. He welcomed Members suggestions and said that it may be reviewed in the future.

5. RESOLVED that the Committee endorsed the proposed decision to for Kent County Council to continue to provide the management and delivery of the National Driver Offender Retraining Schemes to the Kent Police Diversionary Partnership for a further five years.