{"id":15649,"date":"2017-11-02T13:07:59","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T13:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/?p=15649"},"modified":"2017-11-02T16:09:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T16:09:07","slug":"community-transport-join-in-the-national-inquiry-and-help-shape-community-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/2017\/11\/community-transport-join-in-the-national-inquiry-and-help-shape-community-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Transport. Join in the national inquiry and help shape community transport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Are you a small community transport provider? Do you or does somebody you know use community transport services?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Following a recent investigation of an individual Community Transport Organisation (CTO) by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, the Department for Transport has indicated a new approach to the licensing of some CTOs and their drivers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The House of Commons Transport Committee is now investigating the new approach and the effect it could have on the community transport sector. They would particularly like to hear from service providers and users about what impact it is likely to have on them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Do you, a family member, or somebody you know use community transport services? We\u2019d like to hear from you on our online forum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Do you have any concerns about how your service is licensed and regulated?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What effect does the service have on your quality of life?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Are you are involved in a small community transport organisation? We\u2019d like to hear from you on our online forum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Do you think you are likely to be affected by the new interpretation of licensing rules?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If yes, what effect could it have on your services?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Do you think community transport services could be at risk?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">You don&#8217;t have to answer all of these questions on the forum, and please also suggest any questions you think we should be asking the Department of Transport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Although submissions for evidence close today (3rd Nov) the online forum remains open throughout the inquiry so if you\u2019re interested head over to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/business\/committees\/committees-a-z\/commons-select\/transport-committee\/community-transport-online-forum\/\"><span class=\"s3\">https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/business\/committees\/committees-a-z\/commons-select\/transport-committee\/community-transport-online-forum\/ t<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\">o find out more.<\/span><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-15649\" data-postid=\"15649\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-15649 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a small community transport provider? Do you or does somebody you know use community transport services? A national inquiry is looking at a new approach to the licensing of community transport organisations and their drivers. If this impacts you or is of interest read on to find out more and how to keep up to date with the inquiry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"xn-wppe-expiration":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-action":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-prefix":[],"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[36,128],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3cThd-44p","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15650,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15649\/revisions\/15650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}