Question follow-through · 277

Taxis: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Deregulation Act 2015 on the number and proportion of licences to operate taxis within local authority areas that were granted by other local author

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
17 Jul 2024
Target answer date
22 Jul 2024
Answer
26 Jul 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Deregulation Act 2015 on the number and proportion of licences to operate taxis within local authority areas that were granted by other local author

  2. 22 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    The Deregulation Act 2015 enabled Private Hire Vehicle (PHV) operators to sub-contract bookings to each other across licensing boundaries, but the legislation has always allowed taxis and PHVs to operate outside of the area in which they are licensed. Tax...

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