Question follow-through · 17854
Taxis: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of whether the current legal framework on employment status adequately protects licensed private hire drivers working through digital platform operators.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of whether the current legal framework on employment status adequately protects licensed private hire drivers working through digital platform operators.
14 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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16 Jul 2026
Answer published
Entitlement to employment rights depends on the individual’s employment status.Private hire drivers in the platform economy can be employees, limb (b) workers, or self-employed, depending on the reality of their working relationship.The government recogni...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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