Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to monitor the effectiveness of local taxi licensing authorities.

The Government provides guidance to taxi and private hire vehicle licensing authorities in England to assist them in exercising their licensing function https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/licensing-of-taxis-and-phvs-for-local-authorities-in-england

The Department for Transport uses its annual statistical survey of licensing authorities to help monitor uptake of the guidance.