Found: and motor buses, with a more recent example being ride-sharing apps competing with traditional taxis

Found: In London, we not only have cars, bicycles, taxis and buses but the underground as well.

Found: 5369, London WC1N 3XX Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Eurostar (£393), taxis

Found: pain and fatigued, as I now rely one line so if there’s issues I cannot travel or need to rely on taxis

Found: That really does not go far in taxis or running a car, and just all the numbers seemed to be plucked

Found: That really does not go far in taxis or running a car, and just all the numbers seemed to be plucked

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government why a grant of £8 million was recently paid to Vertical Aerospace to develop a flying taxi company at a time when the firm faced material uncertainty.

Answered by Lord Offord of Garvel - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

A research consortium led by Vertical Aerospace, including four universities, was awarded an Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme grant to develop propeller technology.

The ATI Programme co-funds UK research and development activity with industry to develop zero-carbon and ultra-efficient aircraft technology. Grants are awarded after a competitive process, with only the best projects recommended - those that offer real innovation, emissions reduction and tangible economic benefits to the UK.

Due diligence checks are completed ahead of all awards, with grants paid in arrears based on activity delivered against an agreed plan. Safeguards are in place in the event of business failure.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on (a) the number of pedicabs outside Greater London that are licensed as (i) taxis and (ii) private hire vehicles and (b) the number and proportion of those pedicabs that are in (A) Oxford, (B) Salisbury, (C) Bristol and (D) Cambridge; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact on the number of licensed pedicabs of paragraph 8.3 of his Department's guidance entitled Taxi and private hire vehicle licensing best practice guidance for licensing authorities in England, updated on 17 November 2023.

Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Outside London pedicabs can be licensed as taxis. Pedicabs cannot be licensed as a private hire vehicle as legislation defines a private hire vehicle as a motor vehicle. The Department for Transport issues guidance on licensing taxis and private hire vehicles to authorities who should consider the recommendations made and their obligation under the Regulators’ Code to carry out their activities in a way that supports those they regulate to comply and grow. The Best Practice Guidance to licensing authorities in England sets out that where there is local interest in providing pedicab services, licensing authorities should make appropriate adjustments to their licensing requirements for drivers and vehicles to accommodate these requests. Subject to the legal requirements, it is for licensing authorities to consider the appropriate licensing requirements to operate a pedicab under a taxi and taxi driver licence.

The Department does not hold data on the number of pedicabs licensed as taxis in England.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 8.3 of his Department's publication entitled Taxi and private hire vehicle licensing best practice guidance for licensing authorities in England, updated on 17 November 2023, what guidance his Department plans to provide on the appropriate adjustments that licensing authorities should make to their licensing requirements for drivers and vehicles to provide pedicab services outside Greater London.

Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Outside London pedicabs can be licensed as taxis. Pedicabs cannot be licensed as a private hire vehicle as legislation defines a private hire vehicle as a motor vehicle. The Department for Transport issues guidance on licensing taxis and private hire vehicles to authorities who should consider the recommendations made and their obligation under the Regulators’ Code to carry out their activities in a way that supports those they regulate to comply and grow. The Best Practice Guidance to licensing authorities in England sets out that where there is local interest in providing pedicab services, licensing authorities should make appropriate adjustments to their licensing requirements for drivers and vehicles to accommodate these requests. Subject to the legal requirements, it is for licensing authorities to consider the appropriate licensing requirements to operate a pedicab under a taxi and taxi driver licence.

The Department does not hold data on the number of pedicabs licensed as taxis in England.

Found: parliamentary functions.73 The Scheme allows MPs to claim for travel by public transport, private transport, taxis

Found: infringements Requirements before granting permit 85 Consent requirement for services resembling taxis

Found: for infringementsRequirements before granting permit 85 Consent requirement for services resembling taxis

Found: There was also practical help , such as with clothing and holdalls , as well as taxis to the station

Found: sharing on taxis and private hire vehicles, allowing the sharing of these data only between specified

Found: will not be able to see how much money departments spend on specific items of expenditure, such as taxis

Found: record and right to work checks before being allowed to carry passengers in the same way that drivers of taxis

Found: There was also practical help , such as with clothing and holdalls , as well as taxis to the station

Found: abilities with age and other modes of transport open to older riders (e.g. public transport, drivers, taxis

Found: when over 65 and of other modes of transport open to older drivers (e.g. public transport, drivers, taxis

Found: the competitive impact of the NSG scheme on other modes of transport such as trains, light rail and taxis

Found: In March 2023, the Welsh Government published a White Paper on reforming the licensing system for taxis

Found: Scope 3**** transport emissions from hire cars, grey fleet, taxis (some figures are approximated using

Found: Scope 3**** transport emissions from hire cars, grey fleet, taxis (some figures are approximated using

Found: amount of any donation): Accommodation (£9,202.45); ski pass and instructor (£2,006.82); flights and taxis

Found: possible that disabled people are spending more per mile travelled (for example by needing to use taxis

Found: Not all islands are served by buses and there are not always taxis available.