Question follow-through · 7742
Taxis: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the use of private hiring booking apps and navigation applications by taxi and private hire vehicle drivers on (a) road safety and (b) driver d
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 8 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the use of private hiring booking apps and navigation applications by taxi and private hire vehicle drivers on (a) road safety and (b) driver d
10 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Department for Transport has not issued specific guidance to developers of navigation or private hire applications but engages with industry and monitors how these technologies are used in practice. The law is clear; drivers are responsible for mainta...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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