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Taxis: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of working conditions for private hire drivers.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 21 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 24 Jan 2025
Answer: 24 Jan 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

21 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of working conditions for private hire drivers.
24 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 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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