Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 122551

Taxis: Licensing

Tabled: 20 March 2026

Answered: 30 March 2026

Question

Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Baroness Casey’s National Audit on Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse report published in June 2025, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen taxi and private hire vehicl

Answer

Lilian Greenwood

The Government response to Baroness Casey’s National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse committed to legislate to tackle the inconsistent standards of taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) driver licensing. As a first step, the English...

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