Response 3780535

Response to request for information

Reference

3780535

Response date

25 July 2025

Request

The number of taxis presently licensed with your authority.

The number of licensed taxis which have CCTV or camera recording equipment installed.

The number of licensed taxis which are licenses allowing them to operate across multiple authority areas.

The number of complaints, reports, or issues raised regarding taxis in your authority area for the years 2018 - 2024

Response

The number of taxis presently licensed with your authority.

This figure is available at our website at Applications Search

Set status to current and activity to licence type e.g. Taxi Hackney Carriage

This produces 9 Taxis(Hackney carriage licence vehicles) and 323 Private hire vehicles

The governments definition of a taxi is vehicles licensed under section 37 of the Town Polices Clauses Act 1847 and section 6 of the Metropolitan Carriage Act 1869 are referred to in that legislation as ‘hackney carriages’. This term is also used in older regulations. In more recent legislation the term ‘taxi’ is used. ……. ‘taxi’ means vehicles licensed under the aforementioned sections of the above acts only. It does not include private hire vehicles (PHVs). From Taxi and private hire vehicle licensing best practice guidance for licensing authorities in England

The number of licensed taxis which have CCTV or camera recording equipment installed.

Nil reported to RBC

The number of licensed taxis which are licenses allowing them to operate across multiple authority areas.

A ‘taxi’ can only ‘ply for hire’ in the district issued. It may take a pre-booked pick up from anywhere else as too can a PHV.

The number of complaints, reports, or issues raised regarding taxis in your authority area for the years 2018 - 2024

• 2020 - 2
• 2022 - 10
• 2023 - 4
• 2024 - 4