Issue - meetings

Mr P Osborne - Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport presented the item. Mark Bunting-Vision Strategy Programme Manager was also in attendance.

1.    The decision related to the continued delivery of the Endorsed National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme (NDORS) in strategic partnership with Kent Police. The Kent Driver Education Team was licensed by the national governing body to deliver behaviour-correcting courses for referred offenders. The team was regularly audited and had received excellent feedback for both the quality of its work and the robustness of its operational processes.

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2.    The NDORS programme would be delivered at zero cost to Kent County Council. Offenders would be referred via the Police and would be responsible for covering the full cost of the course, meaning no financial burden would be placed on the council.

3.    The delivery of courses would play a vital role in KCC’s broader Vision Zero Safe System-based road safety strategy, particularly under the “Safer Behaviours” pillar. The aim would be to address and correct unsafe driving behaviours in a constructive and educational manner.

RESOLVED to endorse the proposed decision, namely:

That the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport agree to:

1.    The Cabinet Committee is asked to consider and endorse or make recommendations to the Cabinet Member for Highways & Transport to give approval to continue to operate NDORS in partnership with Kent Police to 31 March 2030 in line with the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as shown at Appendix A.