Mayor Khan has recently announced a consultation with the intention of reducing the age limit in the taxi fleet With this in mind I would be grateful if you could send me the following information Of the current taxi fleet how many are euro 4 euro 5 euro 6 ZEC LPG I would also be grateful if you could inform me the date of the requirement of the above, ie the date when the requirement that all newly licensed taxis meet euro 4 standard and so on, obviously LPG would not be included

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Our ref: FOI-2664-1819

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 10 January 2019 asking for information about the licensed taxi fleet.

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.

The table below shows the Euro standards for licensed taxis and how many are zero emission capable (ZEC) or have been converted to use liquid petroleum gas (LPG) as of 1 January 2019. The Euro standard information for licensed taxis is based only on the DVLA registration date we hold for each licensed vehicle.

Licensed taxis
Euro 2	6
Euro 3	4810
Euro 4	7023
Euro 5	4602
Euro 6	3049
Liquid Petroleum Gas	44
Zero Emission Capable	1077
Total	20611

As of 1 January 2018 taxi vehicles presented for licensing for the first time in London must be zero emission capable. Further information is available on our website: www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/taxis-and-private-hire/licensing/apply-for-a-taxi-vehicle-licence.

We do not hold dates for when the various euro emission standards were introduced for taxis. Euro standards for taxis were derogated for up to a year after they were introduced to reflect the fact that taxis are designated as special purpose vehicles. Generally, this has meant that purpose built taxi emissions standards were introduced later than other vehicle models. This derogation ended with the introduction of the Euro 6 standard. However, Mercedes Vito taxi models were not subject to the derogation and therefore met the relevant emissions standards earlier than LEVC taxi models.

The RAC website has a list showing when these standards were introduced for vehicles in general: https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/emissions/euro-emissions-standards.

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.

If you are not satisfied with this response 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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