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Taxis: Convictions

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 8 July 2025UIN 63184

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the convictions of licensed taxi drivers for (a) grooming, (b) sexual exploitation and (c) trafficking offences.

Answered by Jess Phillips

Available data on the age, ethnicity, gender and region of individuals prosecuted and convicted at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Ministry of Justice Outcomes by Offences data tool, can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page, which is available online here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics

However, this data is not broken down by employment status.

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