Question follow-through · 36489
Taxis
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to protect small taxi businesses from the potential impact of ride-hailing companies operating in local authority-licensed areas.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 7 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 13 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to protect small taxi businesses from the potential impact of ride-hailing companies operating in local authority-licensed areas.
11 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Mar 2025
Answer published
Legislation has always allowed taxis and private hire vehicles to carry pre-booked fares outside the area in which they are licensed. This allows the sector to work more flexibly to meet the needs of their passengers. All licensing authorities in England ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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