Change the law on Cross Border Hire of taxis and private hire vehicles
- 547 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 6,148 - 218 added in the past 24hrs)
Require taxis and PHVs be licensed in the area a journey starts or finishes.
Found: Change the law on Cross Border Hire of taxis and private hire vehicles
Nov. 17 2023
Source Page: Government calls on councils to make taxis and private hire vehicles more accessibleFound: Government calls on councils to make taxis and private hire vehicles more accessible
Nov. 17 2023
Source Page: Government calls on councils to make taxis and private hire vehicles more accessibleFound: Government calls on councils to make taxis and private hire vehicles more accessible
Require local authorities ensure taxi ranks have raised area for accessibility
- 24 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 167 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
I want the Government to require all local authorities to make sure all taxi ranks have a raised area to allow wheelchair users and those with limited mobility to have easier and safer access to taxis.
Found: This would help wheelchair users to use taxis safely and more easily, and help the UK to meet its goal
Asked by: Louie French (Conservative - Old Bexley and Sidcup)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Mayor of London on the affordability of black cabs for drivers.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
DfT officials meet with Transport for London representatives to discuss the uptake of electric taxis, including the Plug in Taxi Grant and potential barriers to the adoption of these vehicles.
Asked by: Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton)
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.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
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.
Make private hire taxis and hackney cabs zero-rated for VAT
- Final Signatures: 61
Make private hire taxis and hackney cabs zero-rated for VAT, like public transport.
Found: Some of the most vulnerable people use taxis across the country: elderly, disabled, young children going
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had discussions with (a) London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) Ltd and (b) the wider industry on the repair capacity for (i) LEVC black cabs and (ii) other electric taxis.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department has regular engagement with LEVC and the wider industry on a range of topics, most recently including manufacturing trends and the extension to the Plug In Taxi Grant. However, matters relating to electric taxi repairs have not been raised.
The Government recognises there will be a transitional period for the repair sector as the UK moves to zero emission road transport. Although not specifically on electric taxis, the Government funded research by Thatcham to understand the impact of the electric vehicle transition on the repair sector, which was published in 2023. The number of EV qualified technicians has risen rapidly. Data from the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) suggests there are 52,000 qualified electric vehicle technicians in the UK, which is 22% of all UK technicians. This is relative to 3.8% of all vehicles in the UK being a plug-in electric vehicle.
Mentions:
1: Wells, Annie (Con - Glasgow) To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any reduction in the number of taxis in - Speech Link
2: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) However, that reduction can be attributed to declining public demand for taxis rather than being a direct - Speech Link
3: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) Glasgow City Council has announced that it will offer a further extension to the exemption for some taxis - Speech Link
4: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) , so there is a higher proportion of older, non-compliant taxis, specifically in the Glasgow fleet. - Speech Link
Asked by: Bob Blackman (Conservative - Harrow East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Mayor of London on licensing electric black cabs.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Whilst the Secretary of State for Transport has not had any direct discussion with the Mayor of London on licensing electric taxis, revised best practice guidance was issued to all licensing authorities in November last year recommending they enable as many types of vehicles as possible to be licensed. Licensing authorities should give very careful consideration to a policy that automatically rules out particular types of vehicle or prescribes only one type or a small number of types of vehicle.