Good evening. 20 additional licensing conditions were placed on Uber on 24sep19, and published in an FOI request on 22oct19 (FOI-1893-1920). Can you confirm if there are any additional licensing conditions (above and beyond what is specifically stated in relevant public legislation) placed on Kapten, Ola, Bolt and also on any other major operator in London with more than 1000 vehicles? If there are additional conditions, can you please also publish those for each operator in question.

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TfL Ref: FOI-0196-2021

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 11^th May 2020 asking for information about private hire vehicle licence conditions.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.

Specifically you asked:

“20 additional licensing conditions were placed on Uber on 24sep19, and published in an FOI request on 22 Oct 19 (FOI-1893-1920).

Can you confirm if there are any additional licensing conditions (above and beyond what is specifically stated in relevant public legislation) placed on Kapten, Ola, Bolt and also on any other major operator in London with more than 1000 vehicles? If there are additional conditions, can you please also publish those for each operator in question.”

I can confirm that we hold the information you require, which has already been published online here in response to a previous FOI request:

https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-1561-1920

In accordance with section 21 of the FOI Act, we are not obliged to supply you with a copy of the requested information as it is already accessible to you elsewhere.

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.

On a more general matter, please note that the Government has announced a series of measures to tackle the coronavirus. It is essential for London that we continue to provide a safe transport network for essential journeys.

In current circumstances, we are not able to answer FOI requests readily and we ask that you please do not make a request to us at present.

Answering FOI requests will require the use of limited resources and the attention of staff who could be supporting other essential activity. In any event, please note that our response time will be affected by the current situation.

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Yours sincerely,

David Wells

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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