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1125741

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date	09/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2019 to Written Question 232503, what the timeframe is for the Government to bring forward primary legislation to reform taxi and private hire licensing laws.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	252470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>Government will bring forward legislation in respect of the commitments made in the response to the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing when time allows.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/05/2019 14:24:34 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1125742

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2019 to Question 240585 on taxis: licensing, how his Department is planning to restrict cross-border hiring by private hire drivers; and what the timescale is for bringing forward legislative proposals.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	252471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>Government is considering how any restriction of out-of-area journeys by taxis and private hire vehicles proposed by the Chair of the Task and Finish Group might work in practice, with a view to legislating.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/05/2019 14:22:37 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1125744

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to provide statutory definitions of pre-booked and plying for hire, in order to maintain the two-tier taxi and private hire regulation system, as recommended by the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Licensing.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	252472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>Providing a statutory definition of plying for pre-booking and plying for hire was considered as part of the Government response to the report by the Chair of the Task and Finish Group. The response issued on 12 February explained that since the Law Commission concluded in 2014 that a statutory definition of plying for hire would not be a practical improvement on the current position and there being no change in the legal situation, the Government would not take forward that recommendation.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/05/2019 14:18:55 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1088706

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to reform taxi and private hire licensing laws.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	232503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The former Minister for Transport, Sir John Hayes, set up a working group to consider how private hire vehicle and taxi licensing authorities use their powers, and produce focussed recommendations for action. The Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing considered the regulation of the industry in their discussions. The report of the Task and Finish Group was published on 24 September 2018.</p><p> </p><p>On 12 February 2019 we published the Government’s response to the report of the Task and Finish Group which sets out which of the recommendations the Department proposes to take forward. Many of the short-term recommendations made by the Chair of the Task and Finish Group in his report are for licensing authorities to make full use of their extensive existing powers and these are a matter for licensing authorities to consider.</p><p> </p><p>Work has already started to take forward some of the recommendations, for example the Department launched, on 12 February, its consultation on draft statutory guidance to be issued to licensing authorities on the use of their powers to protect children and vulnerable adults from harm which will run until 22 April. Those reforms that require legislative change, for example national minimum standards, will be made through primary legislation when time allows.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/03/2019 12:19:57 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

917477

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of granting additional powers to local authorities to carry out taxi and private hire enforcement activities in response to taxi and private hire drivers and operators (a) engaging in cross border hiring and (b) operating in their local area under a licence issued by a different local authority.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	149893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>At a Westminster Hall Debate last year, the Rt Hon John Hayes MP announced the formation of a Task and Finish group to consider any regulatory issues and remedies. The Group’s remit includes the current powers of licensing authorities, their application and effectiveness. Issues that may arise from taxi or private hire vehicle drivers working predominantly or exclusively out of the area in which they are licensed have been considered as part of its deliberation.</p><p> </p><p>The group is expected to submit its report shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 13/06/2018 15:08:56 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake