Consultation outcome

Taxi and private hire vehicle best practice guidance

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 28 March 2022
• Last updated: 17 November 2023 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Taxi and private hire vehicle best practice guidance: government response

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Detail of outcome

This government response document summarises the responses that we received to this consultation and the government response.

As a result of the consultation, we have now published updated best practice guidance for taxi and private vehicle hire licensing authorities.

Detail of feedback received

The final outcome document for this consultation contains a summary of responses received.

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Original consultation

Summary

Seeking views on the update to best practice guidance to be issued to taxi and private hire vehicle licensing authorities in England.

This consultation ran from
28 March 2022 to 11:45pm on 20 June 2022

Consultation description

The Department for Transport (DfT) has issued best practice guidance on taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) licensing since 2006 to assist local authorities that have responsibility for the regulation of this sector.

This has recently been updated to take into account stakeholder views and changes in the way the sector operates.

DfT is seeking views from the public, licensing authorities and the taxi and PHV industry on the proposed updated version.

Documents

Taxi and private hire vehicle: best practice guidance to assist licensing authorities

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Taxi and private hire vehicle licensing: consulting on best practice guidance for licensing authorities in England

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Published 28 March 2022
Last updated 17 November 2023 + show all updates

1. 17 November 2023

   Consultation outcome added.

2. 28 March 2022

   First published.