Taxis: Vetting
Commons · Question 63359 · Tabled 27 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, ?what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on checking for overseas criminal records for prospective (a) taxi and (b) private hire vehicle licence holders who were born overseas.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 4 Jul 2025
The Policing and Crime Act 2017 enables the Secretary of State for Transport to issue statutory guidance to licensing authorities on exercising their taxi and private hire vehicle licensing functions to protect children and vulnerable adults. Statutory gu...