A question on #Taxis #Licensing tabled by Karl Turner on 01-07-2025 has been answered by Simon Lightwood.

Heading: Taxis: Licensing
Question ID: 1818228
UIN: 64017
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-07-01
Asking Member ID: 4030
Asking Member display name: Karl Turner
Asking Member handle: KarlTurnerMP
Asking Member Twitter reference: @KarlTurnerMP
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of out-of-town (a) taxi and (b) private hire vehicle licensing on local authority enforcement capabilities and public safety; and what steps she i
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Date answered: 2025-07-07
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4943
Answering Member display name: Simon Lightwood
Answering Member handle: simonlightwood
Answering Member Twitter reference: @simonlightwood
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Answer text: Since coming into Government, I have been actively looking at safeguarding in relation to taxis and private hire vehicles. I welcome the work by Baroness Casey in her audit of group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse and her report adds valuable ev...
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Answering body ID: 27
Answering body name: Department for Transport
Tweeted: true