Question follow-through · 21448

Taxis: Working Conditions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has received representations on the working conditions of drivers in the private hire industry.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
19 Dec 2024
Target answer date
7 Jan 2025
Answer
13 Jan 2025 · 25 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has received representations on the working conditions of drivers in the private hire industry.

  2. 7 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Department for Transport discusses a range of issues with representatives from the taxi and private hire vehicle sector. Employment law and working practice policy, including working conditions, is outside of my Department’s remit and is owned by the ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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