Taxis: Licensing

(asked on 21st February 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help local authorities take effective enforcement action against taxis and private hire vehicles licensed in different boroughs.


Answered by
Kelly Tolhurst Portrait
Kelly Tolhurst
This question was answered on 26th February 2020

We are aware of a number of authorities that use their existing powers to require the drivers they licence to cooperate with requests from authorised compliance and enforcement officers in other areas.

Authorities are able to co-authorise compliance and enforcement officers, extending their powers to take action against all licensees licensed by authorities in the agreement.

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