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date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Uber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings have taken place between Uber and (a) Ministers and (b) Officials of his Department in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	115551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department has received numerous representations regarding Uber from individuals, trade bodies, driver representation organisations and regulatory bodies. However, since the Department does not hold information categorised as requested, this information could only therefore be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on a quarterly basis and are available via the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>Officials at the Department are not required to keep record of meetings attended; it is not therefore possible to provide a comprehensive list of meetings with any party, including Uber. However, a search of diaries by officials most likely to meet with Uber and that are still at the Department indicates that there was one meeting in 2015, six in 2016 and three in 2017 (as of 24 November).</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes grouped question UIN 115557 115576 question first answered 28/11/2017 16:28:18 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

794582

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Uber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of Uber's fitness to operate in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	115555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is responsible for setting the regulatory structure within which local licensing authorities in England and Wales license private hire vehicle (PHV) operators. It is the responsibility of these authorities to ensure that any person or organisation to whom they grant an operator licence is ‘fit and proper’ to hold such a licence and compliant with PHV legislation. Furthermore, once a licence has been issued, licensing authorities have an ongoing responsibility to ensure that operators continue to be ‘fit and proper’.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 28/11/2017 11:21:05 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

794584

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Uber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from police forces relating to Uber.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	115557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department has received numerous representations regarding Uber from individuals, trade bodies, driver representation organisations and regulatory bodies. However, since the Department does not hold information categorised as requested, this information could only therefore be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on a quarterly basis and are available via the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>Officials at the Department are not required to keep record of meetings attended; it is not therefore possible to provide a comprehensive list of meetings with any party, including Uber. However, a search of diaries by officials most likely to meet with Uber and that are still at the Department indicates that there was one meeting in 2015, six in 2016 and three in 2017 (as of 24 November).</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes grouped question UIN 115551 115576 question first answered 28/11/2017 16:28:19 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

794603

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Uber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations his Department has received on the safety record of Uber.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	115576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department has received numerous representations regarding Uber from individuals, trade bodies, driver representation organisations and regulatory bodies. However, since the Department does not hold information categorised as requested, this information could only therefore be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on a quarterly basis and are available via the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>Officials at the Department are not required to keep record of meetings attended; it is not therefore possible to provide a comprehensive list of meetings with any party, including Uber. However, a search of diaries by officials most likely to meet with Uber and that are still at the Department indicates that there was one meeting in 2015, six in 2016 and three in 2017 (as of 24 November).</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes grouped question UIN 115551 115557 question first answered 28/11/2017 16:28:18 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

715144

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to review the statutory framework for the hackney carriage and private-hire vehicle industry; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	69747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>At the request of the Department for Transport, the Law Commission has undertaken a comprehensive review of taxi and private hire regulation in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently considering all the recommendations in the Law Commission’s report against the backdrop of a rapidly changing sector and will formally respond to the Law Commission and announce its intentions once this scrutiny is completed.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 18/04/2017 14:27:00 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting