Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of (a) the relationship between civil servants, advisers and ministers working at 10 Downing Street and Uber and (b) any potential effect on government policy of that relationship between May 2010 and July 2016.

Ministers and civil servants, including special advisers, routinely meet a wide variety of external organisations, including those involved in the digital economy. As part of the Government’s transparency agenda, Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on GOV.UK. Similar information is published in respect of Permanent Secretary meetings.

The Government is aware of some concerns regarding the increase in the size of the private hire market and the impact of new and innovative ways of working on traditional business models. The Government supports choice for consumers and wants to see both taxis and private hire vehicles prosper.