Question follow-through · 95437
Taxis: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 5 November 2025 to question 85843, whether she is considering requiring drivers to register with their home local authority validated by checking council tax, electoral roll and credit
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 28 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 3 Dec 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 5 November 2025 to question 85843, whether she is considering requiring drivers to register with their home local authority validated by checking council tax, electoral roll and credit
3 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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3 Dec 2025
Answer published
The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill seeks to introduce powers to set national minimum standards for taxi and private hire vehicle licensing. If passed, national minimum standards would enable government to set robust standards for licens...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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