Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 60516

Taxis: Training

Tabled: 17 June 2025
Answered: 24 June 2025

Question

Rachael Maskell

Labour (Co-op)York Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to ensure that all taxi drivers undertake safeguarding training.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Department for Transport’s statutory guidance, published in 2020, to licensing authorities on how they should use their powers to protect children and vulnerable adults recommends that they should require taxi and private hire vehicle drivers to under...

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