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Taxis: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, What recent steps her Department has taken to ensure consistency in local authorities' taxi license-issuing regimes.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Department for Transport
Tabled
15 Oct 2024
Target answer date
17 Oct 2024
Answer
23 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 15 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, What recent steps her Department has taken to ensure consistency in local authorities' taxi license-issuing regimes.

  2. 17 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The Department for Transport issues guidance to licensing authorities in England to help them regulate the sector. One of the aims of the guidance is to improve consistency in the licensing standards required by licensing authorities. Statutory guidance w...

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