| Heading: |
Taxis: Licensing |
| Question ID: |
1817207 |
| UIN: |
63186 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-26 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5158 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Rupert Lowe
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Rupert Lowe
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation or guidance to centralise data collection on licensed drivers' (a) immigration status and (b) criminal history. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-02 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4943 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Simon Lightwood
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| Answering Member handle: |
simonlightwood
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@simonlightwood
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| Answer text: |
The Immigration Act 2016 prevents illegal working in the taxi and private hire vehicle sector, as either a driver or an operator. Licensing authorities are prohibited from issuing a licence to anyone who is disqualified by reason of their immigration sta... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |