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Taxis: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle illegal private hire taxi drivers.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
7 May 2025
Target answer date
12 May 2025
Answer
13 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle illegal private hire taxi drivers.

  2. 12 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 May 2025

    Answer published

    Enforcement of the taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) licensing regime is a matter for licensing authorities and the police. Best Practice Guidance issued by the Department for Transport to licensing authorities in England highlights some of the actions ...

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