Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 17854
Taxis: Conditions of Employment
Tabled: 10 July 2026
Answered: 16 July 2026
Question
Shockat Adam
Independent — Leicester South
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.
Answer
Blair McDougallEntitlement 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...
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