Written questions

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...