Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 277

Taxis: Licensing

Tabled: 17 July 2024
Answered: 26 July 2024

Question

Chris Vince

Labour (Co-op)Harlow

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Deregulation Act 2015 on the number and proportion of licences to operate taxis within local authority areas that were granted by other local author

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Deregulation Act 2015 enabled Private Hire Vehicle (PHV) operators to sub-contract bookings to each other across licensing boundaries, but the legislation has always allowed taxis and PHVs to operate outside of the area in which they are licensed. Tax...

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