Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 47110

Taxis: Disability

Tabled: 22 April 2025

Answered: 29 April 2025

Question

Seamus Logan

Scottish National Party — Aberdeenshire North and Moray East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to help increase the affordability of taxis for disabled people.

Answer

Simon Lightwood

General policy on taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) licensing is devolved in Scotland (where PHVs are known as private hire cars), Wales and Northern Ireland. In England, licensing authorities can set maximum taxi fares for journeys within their area to...

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