Buses: Licensing
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Public Service Vehicle operator licences were issued in each of the last five years for which data is available.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood
The Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain collect annual data on the number of active and newly issued public service vehicle (PSV) operator licences and the vehicles authorised to operate under these licences. The number of new PSV operator licences issued in each of the last five years is as follows. Data for the reporting year ‘2024 – January 2025’ is accurate as of 14 January 2025.
Reporting Year (April – March) | Number of new PSV operator licences granted | Number of vehicles authorised as a result of a new application |
2019/20 | 474 | 2810 |
2020/21 | 317 | 1323 |
2021/22 | 264 | 2292 |
2022/23 | 310 | 1463 |
2023/24 | 368 | 1451 |
2024 – January 2025 | 273 | 1401 |
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