Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 77771

Taxis: Training

Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 14 October 2025

Question

Mrs Elsie Blundell

LabourHeywood and Middleton North

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that private hire vehicle drivers receive qualifications from officially recognised training institutions.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
The Department for Transport is responsible for setting the regulatory framework within which licensing authorities in England license the taxi and private hire vehicle trades and issues guidance to assist licensing authorities in carrying out these licen...

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