Taxis: Licensing
Commons · Question 1685 · Tabled 15 May 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 20 May 2026
Question
Asked by Jerome Mayhew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of delays in the processing of taxi and private hire driver licence renewals by licensing authorities.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 20 May 2026
The administration of taxi and private hire vehicle licensing is a matter for individual licensing authorities. The Department does not collect data on the impacts of local licensing processes, but expects authorities to administer them efficiently, with ...