Private hire drivers working for multiple operators
Request ID: FOI-1286-2021
Date published: 02 November 2020
You asked
For the reporting period closest to 2/3/20, how many Private Hire drivers were available to
a) at least one operator?
b) more than one operator, and how many of those were available to two, three and four operators?
Thanks.
We answered
Our ref: FOI-1286-2021/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 7 October 2020 asking for information about Private Hire drivers.
Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold some of the information you require.
London licensed private hire drivers are permitted to work for one or more private hire operators if they choose to do so. Additionally, all London licensed private hire operators are required to provide us with the details of the vehicles and drivers they have used to fulfil private hire bookings, or have had available to fulfil bookings on a weekly basis.
Between the week commencing 1 March – 31 March 2020, 35,070 private hire drivers were declared as being available to fulfil bookings by one private hire operator.
Between the week commencing 1 March – 31 March 2020, 42,288 private hire drivers were declared as being available to fulfil bookings by between two and five private hire operators .
We record this information in bands, which show those drivers available for bookings with one private hire operator, 2-5 operators, 6-9 operators, and 10+ operators. Therefore we cannot readily advise you of the number of drivers available to fulfil bookings specifically with 2, 3 or 4 operators as requested.
If this is not the information you are looking for, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Yours sincerely
Graham Hurt
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
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