Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his department has made of the cost to the public purse of creating a national database of all licensed taxi and PHV drivers, vehicles and operator, as recommended by the September 2018 report of the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing; and if he will make a statement.

Ministers are considering the recommendations made by the Chair of the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing, including the establishment of a national licensing database. A Government response will be issued in due course.