Mar. 18 2024
Source Page: The age of the flying taxi draws closer with the Future of Flight action planFound: flying taxis and routine emergency service drones should be a reality by 2028 new action plan will
Mentions:
1: Lord Berkeley (Lab - Life peer) operate around the country, bearing in mind that pedicabs are smaller and lighter than taxis, as well - Speech Link
2: Baroness Randerson (LD - Life peer) The legal situation in England is that, outside London, pedicabs can be licensed as taxis. - Speech Link
3: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) In 1514, we enacted a Bill to regulate the fares charged by water taxis on the Thames and it ran into - Speech Link
4: Lord Berkeley (Lab - Life peer) Are there similar powers available now in respect of TfL and taxis? - Speech Link
Jan. 23 2024
Source Page: Glasgow Low Emission Zone (LEZ): EIR releaseFound: solution.Transport Scotland provides grant funding for the LEZ Retrofit Fund that has supported over 380 taxis
Asked by: Charles Walker (Conservative - Broxbourne)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department collects data on the amount spent by local authorities on taxis used to transport children with an education, health and care plan to and from school.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The government does not collect the specific information requested. The legal responsibility for providing free home-to-school travel for eligible pupils sits with local authorities, who will hold any data available on the amount spent on taxis for children with an Education, Health and Care plan.
However, the government does publish local authority expenditure data based on Section 251 outturn returns, which includes total expenditure on home-to-school travel for children of compulsory school age where the travel is agreed for reasons of the child’s Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. Local authorities spent a total of £1.25 billion in the 2022/23 financial year on this type of home-to-school travel. The data is available via the following link: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure.
Nov. 17 2023
Source Page: Taxi and private hire vehicle licensing: best practiceFound: HTML Taxi byelaws: guidance and the byelaw making process HTML Model byelaws for taxis
Nov. 17 2023
Source Page: Taxi and private hire vehicle licensing: best practiceFound: Model Byelaws for Taxis November 2023 Department for Transport Great Minster House 33 Horseferry Road
Asked by: Cole-Hamilton, Alex (Scottish Liberal Democrats - Edinburgh Western)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review the current regulation for enforcement of taxi bays.
Answered by Brown, Siobhian - Minister for Victims and Community Safety
Taxis and private hire cars are licensed under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 ("the 1982 Act"). While the Scottish Government has responsibility for the overarching legislation, the day to day administration of the licensing regime is devolved to independent licensing authorities – in effect the 32 Scottish local authorities. The 1982 Act authorises a licensing authority to appoint, after consultation, stances for taxis.
There are no current plans to review the taxi licensing regime, as set out in the 1982 Act. If there are any issues with any specific taxi stances/bays this will be a matter for the relevant licensing authority to consider and address where appropriate.
Earlier this year the Scottish Government published updated ‘Best practice guidance for local licensing authorities and taxi and private hire car operators on the licensing of taxis and private hire cars and their drivers’.
This guidance offers best practice advice to licensing authorities on a range of issues relating to the licensing of taxis, private hire cars and their drivers and was revised with the assistance of a working group including representatives from the Scottish Government, Transport Scotland, local licensing authorities, taxi and private hire car trade representatives and UNITE the Union.
Jul. 02 2008
Source Page: FCO environmental management system: green travel procedure. 4 p.Found: FCO will encourage staff to use the rail system in the UK as the core form of transit with bus or taxis
Mentions:
1: Richard Holden (CON - North West Durham) The Government recognise the important role that taxis and private hire vehicles play in the wider transport - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None Similarly, what about those who rely on taxis and private hire car licensing and who make some provision - Speech Link
2: None with road rules.”We recognise safety of passengers, and certainly those who use private hire cars and taxis - Speech Link