Cars: Hire Services
Commons · Question 106846 · Tabled 19 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Vikki Slade
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring car hire companies to capture and store digitally timestamped (a) photographic and (b) video evidence of a vehicle’s condition both at c
Answer
Answered by Kate Dearden, 22 Jan 2026
The Competition and Markets Authority published guidance in 2018 to support car rental companies to comply with consumer law. The department does not intend to impose specific obligations on car rental companies regarding how they monitor the vehicle's co...