This petition was submitted during the 2020-2024 Conservative government
Rejected petition Private hire licensing councils to have permanent enforcement in each area
Have any local council that issues a private hire license to either limit its license to operating borders, or have enforcement in each operating area where that license is in use.
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Public Saftey.
There is a spread in the areas in which out of district private hire vehicles are being used, this is leading to operators/drivers of such licensed vehicles working areas a long way from where they were licensed.
In some cases the owner/drivers of the vehicles are breaching the legislated rules at the moment by not using the correct signage and pretending to be hackney vehicles and are operating without insurance.
We need local enforcement covering ALL areas the license covers.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.
Decisions about enforcement action in respect of taxi and private hire vehicle licences are a matter for individual local authorities, not the UK Government or Parliament.
We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Require taxis and private hire vehicles be licensed in the areas they operate: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/636443
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.