Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how his Department took account of the needs of disabled people when it set out the terms of reference and membership of the task and finish group on taxi and private hire vehicle licensing.

The terms of reference and membership of the task and finish group on taxi and private hire vehicle licensing were designed to bring together a small but broadly representative group of sector stakeholders, to consider current issues and produce recommendations for action. In recognition of the breadth of perspectives that the group would need to consider, the terms of reference were specifically designed to ensure that the group would have the ability to invite others to provide evidence. To that end, the group has already taken written evidence from a range of organisations including the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee, the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, and the National Association of Taxi Users.