Written questions

Taxis: Licensing

Commons · Question 90855 · Tabled 13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 21 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Peter Lamb

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to improve taxi licensing policy, in the context of the findings of the National Audit on Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.

Answer

Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 21 Nov 2025

We have committed to legislate to address the issues raised in Baroness Casey’s national audit on group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse, to tackle the inconsistent standards of taxi and private hire vehicle driver licensing. We want to achieve t...