Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 64017

Taxis: Licensing

Tabled: 1 July 2025

Answered: 7 July 2025

Named Day

Question

Karl Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of out-of-town (a) taxi and (b) private hire vehicle licensing on local authority enforcement capabilities and public safety; and what steps she i

Answer

Simon Lightwood

Since coming into Government, I have been actively looking at safeguarding in relation to taxis and private hire vehicles. I welcome the work by Baroness Casey in her audit of group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse and her report adds valuable ev...

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