Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to increase the frequency of spot checks on taxi and private hire drivers to identify people working illegally.

The Home Office issues guidance to local authorities on preventing illegal working in the taxi and private hire sector. The guidance can be found on GOV.UK at: Licensing authority guide to right to work checks - GOV.UK

Enforcement visits are intelligence led and undertaken across all employment sectors. The Home Office is committed to increasing illegal working enforcement visits across a range of sectors throughout 2025-2026.