Breakdown of PDVL and TDVL First-time Approvals and Renewal Patterns for Past Five Years

Ms Yeo Wan Ling asked the Acting Minister for Transport for each year over the past five years (a) what is the number of first-time (i) Private Hire Car Driver's Vocational Licence (PDVL) and (ii) Taxi Driver's Vocational Licence (TDVL) approvals; (b) what is the number of (i) PDVL and (ii) TDVL renewals; and (c) what is the distribution by the number of times each license has been renewed.

Mr Jeffrey Siow: The number of first-timer Private Hire Car Driver's Vocational Licence (PDVL) and Taxi Driver's Vocational Licence (TDVL) approvals is as follows:

The number of PDVL and TDVL renewals is as follows:

The number of times each licence has been renewed is as follows. Each licence is valid for three years.