Taxis: Licensing
Commons · Question 2235 · Tabled 18 May 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 27 May 2026
Question
Asked by Greg Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of delays to taxi and private hire licence renewals caused by difficulties in obtaining medical assessments to Group 2 standards; whether she ha
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 27 May 2026
Medical suitability to hold a taxi or private hire vehicle driver licence is a matter for licensing authorities not the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). The Department for Transport’s guidance to licensing authorities in England on the medical ...