FOI request (FOIR-742516913)

Taxi Licensing Prosecutions

Requested Wed 20 August 2025
Responded Thu 11 September 2025

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to obtain data regarding taxi licensing prosecutions within your local authority.

Please could you provide me with the following data:

1. The number of prosecutions initiated.

2. The type of offense (for example, illegal plying for hire, driving without a license, vehicle defects, and so on).

3. The outcome of each prosecution (for example, conviction, fine, license suspension, license revocation).

4. The number of licenses suspended or revoked as a result of an investigation.

I would like this data for the following time periods:

a. 1st January 2024 - 31st December 2024

b. 1st January 2025 -31st July 2025

If it is not possible to provide more recent data, please could you prioritise the full 12 months of 2024 data.

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Response

13 revocations

2 suspensions

No prosecutions