Taxis: Licensing
Commons · Question 15646 · Tabled 22 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Alberto Costa
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making the LGA's voluntary shared database on taxi driver licenses mandatory.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 2 Dec 2024
On 27 April 2023, the remainder of the Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Act 2022 was commenced, and the Department designated the use of a database, which previously operated on a voluntary basis supported by the Local Govern...