Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 15646

Taxis: Licensing

Tabled: 22 November 2024
Answered: 2 December 2024

Question

Alberto Costa

ConservativeSouth Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making the LGA's voluntary shared database on taxi driver licenses mandatory.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
On 27 April 2023, the remainder of the Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Act 2022 was commenced, and the Department designated the use of a database, which previously operated on a voluntary basis supported by the Local Govern...

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