Asked by: Paul Howell (Conservative - Sedgefield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many National Register of Taxi and Private Hire Licence Revocations and Refusals searches were submitted by (a) Newcastle City Council, (b) Sunderland City Council, (c) Hartlepool Borough Council, (d) Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, (e) Darlington Borough Council and (f) Durham County Council in the last year for which data is available.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
Use of the National Register for Refusals and Revocations (NR3) is recommended in the Department’s Statutory Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Standards which was published in 2020. The Department is monitoring usage of the NR3 and communicates with local authorities on this matter regularly.
Searches conducted by the local authorities listed over the last year:
Licensing Authority | Drivers Licensed (31 March 2022) | NR3 Searches (March 2022 – Feb 2023) |
Darlington Borough Council | 365 | 342 |
Durham County Council | 1,405 | 789 |
Hartlepool Borough Council | 352 | 4 |
Newcastle City Council | 4,576 | 0 |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | 744 | 725 |
Sunderland City Council | 737 | 481 |