Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 63359

Taxis: Vetting

Tabled: 27 June 2025
Answered: 4 July 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, ?what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on checking for overseas criminal records for prospective (a) taxi and (b) private hire vehicle licence holders who were born overseas.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Policing and Crime Act 2017 enables the Secretary of State for Transport to issue statutory guidance to licensing authorities on exercising their taxi and private hire vehicle licensing functions to protect children and vulnerable adults. Statutory gu...
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