TFL PHV Operator Licences
Request ID: FOI-2015-1819
Date published: 29 November 2018
You asked
I would like to request the details of all applications made for TFL PHV Operator Licences within the last 24 months. If you could please include:
- Name of applicant
- Name of company
- Address of applicant
- Tier of application
- Date of application
- Status of application
We answered
Our ref: FOI-2015-1819/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 31 October 2018 asking for details of applications for TFL PHV Operator 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 do hold the information you require. However, in accordance with Section 41 of the Freedom of Information Act, we are not obliged to provide information regarding applications that have not led to an operator being licensed and any applications that are currently being processed.
Section 41 of the FOI Act is an exemption where information has been provided to a public authority in confidence. Although the private hire operator licence application form advises applicants that details of their licence, if granted, will be held on a public register, no indication is given that this information will be disclosed to the public prior to the grant of the licence. As applicants for a private hire operator licence have a reasonable expectation of confidentiality when they submit their application we are not obliged to provide this information.
Since section 41 is an absolute exemption, as such we have not gone on to consider the balance of the public interest, except to the extent of noting that there is no special public interest in disclosure of this information that would justify a breach of confidence in this case.
Details of all licensed operators can be obtained from the licence checker on the TfL website at:
https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/taxis-and-private-hire/licensing/licence-checker
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.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Graham Hurt
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
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