FOI release

Number of audits by DSA and JAUPT about Driver CPC periodic training

Published 15 May 2014

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

This is Freedom of Information request ia0057313.

Request

My request relates to Driver CPC audits undertaken by DSA and JAUPT regarding Periodic Driver CPC training. I would like to know the following:

Year by year since 10.9.2008 how many audits have taken place.

Response

Information about Driver CPC audits is published on our website at:

Driver CPC audits.

This information is therefore exempt under section 21 (information accessible by other means) of the FoIA. A copy of this exemption is attached at Annex A.

Request

I would like to know how many centres have received 0 audits.

Response

112 centres have not yet been audited. This is due to the centres being new or not delivering training.

Request

How many have received 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15+

Response

Please see table below showing the number of centres by number of audits from 2009:

Number of Audits Number of centres
1 578
2 273
3 142
4 105
5 80
6 39
7 31
8 11
9 11
10 4
11 2
12 2
13 1
14 3
15+ 2

Request

I would also like to know how many of these audits were carried out by JAUPT auditors and how many were carried out by DSA direct.

Response

2,894 audits have been carried out by JAUPT since 2009 and 301 audits have been carried out by DSA since 2011.

Request

I would also like to know how many consortium training providers there are and how many of the consortium members (not the lead consortium) have received either JAUPT or DSA audits.

Response

There are currently 19 consortia and there have been 149 visits to consortia and their members.

Request

Regarding non conformances I would like to know the total number of non conformances (minor and major) that consortium audits generated compared to the total number of minor and major non conformances companies approved direct via JAUPT received when being audited.

Response

Please see table below showing the non conformances that have been generated by audits for consortia and centres from 1 April 2013 to 30 September 2013:

Consortia audits Centre audits
Non Conformances 122 3,804