Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 28191

Taxis: Licensing

Tabled: 3 February 2025
Answered: 10 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Manuela Perteghella

Liberal DemocratStratford-on-Avon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to require local authorities to use the same licensing regulations for (a) private hire vehicles and (b) taxis.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Government is responsible for setting the regulatory structure within which licensing authorities in England administer the taxi and private hire vehicle licensing regime. Under this system licensing authorities have the flexibility to set standards t...

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