Taxis: Licensing
Commons · Question 6012 · Tabled 2 Jun 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Greg Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many taxi and private hire vehicle drivers were required to obtain a new enhanced DBS certificate in each of the last five years; what estimate she has made of the cost to those drivers; and wheth
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 11 Jun 2026
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) does not hold this data. The DBS records how many applications are received, not how many separate individuals apply for checks. Individuals can make multiple applications, and therefore application numbers are unl...