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star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2019-03-12more like thismore than 2019-03-12
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Department for Transport more like this
star this property answering dept id 27 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Transport more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Transport more like this
star this property hansard heading Taxis: Licensing more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of taxi licenses granted to drivers with criminal records in the last five years. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South more like this
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Bridget Phillipson more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2019-03-15more like thismore than 2019-03-15
star this property answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold this information. The Government is responsible for setting the regulatory structure within which licensing authorities in England issue taxi and private hire vehicle service licences.</p><p> </p><p>Licensing authorities have a duty to ensure that any person to whom they grant a licence is a fit and proper person. As part of this assessment all licensing authorities require an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check; this provides details of convictions and cautions and may include additional information which a chief police officer reasonably believes is relevant and ought to be disclosed.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is consulting on draft statutory guidance to be issued to licensing authorities on how they should use the extensive existing powers to protect children and vulnerable adult when using these services. This includes a policy on the assessment of previous criminal convictions. The draft policy places passenger safety as the priority while enabling past offenders to sufficiently evidence that they have been successfully rehabilitated so that they might obtain a licence.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>
star this property answering member constituency Wealden more like this
star this property answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani remove filter
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star this property label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson more like this