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Taxis: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help prevent prospective private hire vehicle drivers from enrolling in unofficial training institutions.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
16 Sept 2025
Target answer date
13 Oct 2025
Answer
14 Oct 2025 · 28 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help prevent prospective private hire vehicle drivers from enrolling in unofficial training institutions.

  2. 13 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 14 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The Department for Transport is responsible for setting the regulatory framework within which licensing authorities in England license the taxi and private hire vehicle trades and issues guidance to assist licensing authorities in carrying out these licen...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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