Criminal checks on none EU taxi drivers

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Dear Newcastle upon Tyne City Council,

I am fully aware of the criminal checks taxi drivers coming from Europe have done via Europol and Eurojust.
I would like to know what checks are done for taxi drivers arriving from outside Europe, places such as Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, please tell me the process from start to finish ,

Yours faithfully,

glen bolton

Dear Newcastle upon Tyne City Council,
This should have been a very quick response to what i assume to be a very easy answer, your delay worries me

Yours faithfully,

glen

Bryce, Jonathan, Newcastle upon Tyne City Council

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Mr Bolton

I have provided response to your Freedom of Information request in the
form of an attached adobe pdf letter.

If you are unhappy with the information supplied you can ask for an
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review to the following address:

Corporate Information Governance Officer

Chief Executive’s Office

Civic Centre, Barras Bridge

Newcastle upon Tyne

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Telephone: 0191 211 6644

E-mail: [1][Newcastle City Council request email]    

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Yours sincerely

Jonathan Bryce

Licensing Manager

Newcastle City Council Licensing Authority

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Dear Jonathan,
I have asked numerous drivers from abroad if they had to submit a NOTE OF GOOD CHARACTER from there country of origin, they all responded the same with an emphatic NO .

Now there is the possibility they are lying but i doubt this very much but as i can not prove this one way or the other i will leave this matter as undetermined.

glen