Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 82049
Motor Vehicles: Licensing
Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025
Question
Nick Timothy
Conservative — West Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities on whether to undertake a (a) consultation and (b) safeguarding assessment in the context of the application of vehicle plate-exemption powers.
Answer
Lilian GreenwoodThe best practice guidance issued by the Department to taxi and private hire vehicle licensing authorities in England advises that private hire vehicles should only exempt the display of a licence plate by a private hire vehicle in exceptional circumstanc...
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