Our Ref:         FOI-0063-1819

Thank you for your request received on 6 April 2018 asking for information about new taxi driver licences.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm we hold some of the information you require. You asked:

Please can you supply me the figures for new driver licences issued for the following years (by year)

13/14
14/15
15/16
16/17
17/18

To clarify, I only wish the numbers for newly qualified taxi drivers having passed the Knowledge of London (not driver renewals) and if the costings within my request allow, please split the figures into green badge & yellow badge categories
Please find the figures relating to newly issued taxi driver licences since October 2013 in the table below.

Financial Year Suburban taxi driver (Yellow Badge) All London taxi driver (Green Badge)
2013/2014 * 108 341
2014/2015 207 724
2015/2016 102 830
2016/2017 132 967
2017/2018 108 668
  
* Data only available from Oct 2013

If this is not the information you are looking for please feel free to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.

Yours sincerely

Gemma Jacob
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London

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