Written questions

Taxis: Training

Commons · Question 60516 · Tabled 17 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 24 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to ensure that all taxi drivers undertake safeguarding training.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 24 Jun 2025

The Department for Transport’s statutory guidance, published in 2020, to licensing authorities on how they should use their powers to protect children and vulnerable adults recommends that they should require taxi and private hire vehicle drivers to under...