Taxis: Immigration Controls
Commons · Question 51642 · Tabled 12 May 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 20 May 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues to local licensing authorities on checking the (a) right-to-work and (b) immigration status of applicants for (i) taxi and (ii) private hire vehicle licences.
Answer
Answered by Seema Malhotra, 20 May 2025
The Home Office issues guidance to local authorities on preventing illegal working in the taxi and private hire sector. The guidance can be found on GOV.UK at: Licensing authority guide to right to work checks - GOV.UKEnforcement visits are intelligence l...