Question follow-through · 63359
Taxis: Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, ?what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on checking for overseas criminal records for prospective (a) taxi and (b) private hire vehicle licence holders who were born overseas.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 27 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 4 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, ?what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on checking for overseas criminal records for prospective (a) taxi and (b) private hire vehicle licence holders who were born overseas.
1 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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4 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Policing and Crime Act 2017 enables the Secretary of State for Transport to issue statutory guidance to licensing authorities on exercising their taxi and private hire vehicle licensing functions to protect children and vulnerable adults. Statutory gu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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