Thank you for the information requested and the accompanying table, differentiating offences between Taxi Drivers and PH Drivers. Unfortunately, this differentiation isn't continued into your typed summary of the outcomes. These should be more specific, considering the level of information contained in the table. Could you please rectify this as separation of statistics in this manner has proved itself necessary to analyse the safety, considering the inbalance in offending between different classes of TFL licenced drivers.

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FOI-1231-1718

Thank you for your email received on 3 August asking about sexual offence data held by Transport for London (TfL).

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our Information Access Policy. I can confirm that we hold the information you have requested. You asked:

“Thank you for the information requested and the accompanying table, differentiating offences between Taxi Drivers and PH Drivers.

Unfortunately, this differentiation isn't continued into your typed summary of the outcomes. These should be more specific, considering the level of information contained in the table.

Could you please rectify this as separation of statistics in this manner has proved itself necessary to analyse the safety,  considering the inbalance in offending between different classes of TFL licenced drivers.”

Please find below the information your request on non-journey related sexual assaults:

	Taxi	Private Hire
Convicted and no longer hold an active taxi or private hire licence	1	9
Licences suspended while we await court outcomes	4	9
Did not result in a charge and/or conviction and currently hold active licence	5	15
Did not result in a charge and/or conviction and no longer hold an active licence	2	17

Please note that where allegations are reported to the police, any investigation is undertaken by the police service where the alleged offence occurred. It is the responsibility of those police services to disclose information to TfL.

Where the suspect is a TfL licensed taxi or private hire driver, and we are notified by the police of an allegation, we will immediately assess whether there is a risk to public safety. We may immediately suspend a driver's licence prior to a charge or conviction, if we believe the individual is not 'fit and proper' based on the initial evidence. The driver will remain suspended until we receive the results of the police investigation and any court outcomes.

In some cases, we may cancel a driver's licence immediately, irrespective of the results of the police investigation and subsequent court proceedings.

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

Yours sincerely

Lee Hill

Senior FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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