Taxis: Licensing
Commons · Question 98583 · Tabled 9 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 Oct 2025 to Question 81532 on Taxis: Licensing, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the powers available to local licensing authorities for ensuring the effective enforc
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 15 Dec 2025
The Department for Transport is legislating to tackle inconsistent standards of taxi and private hire vehicle licensing. The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill would enable the setting of national minimum standards in licensing.We are consi...