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Taxis: Licensing

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 4 July 2025UIN 63175

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) unlicensed and (b) illegal taxi drivers operating in major cities.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Department for Transport does not hold this data, as such vehicles are not operating within a legal framework.

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