Taxis: Uber
Commons · Question 35803 · Tabled 5 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Max Wilkinson
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has a policy on Uber taxi drivers operating outside the local authority area in which those drivers have a licence.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 13 Mar 2025
Legislation allows taxis and private hire vehicles to operate outside of the area in which they are licensed. Taxis can only ply for hire (pick up passengers at taxi ranks or be hailed in the street) in the area in which they are licensed. Pre-booked work...