“We hereby request, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 2000, statistical information on the exact number of current private hire operator licences being regulated by Transport for London Taxi & Private on the following dates (a) 15th September 2017, (b) 29th September 2017, (c) 31st October 2017 and (d) 30th November 2017.”

---

Thank you for your email received on 19 December asking for information on private hire licensing.

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 similar information to that which you require. You asked for:

“..…statistical information on the exact number of current private hire operator licences being regulated by Transport for London Taxi & Private on the following dates (a) 15th September 2017, (b) 29th September 2017, (c) 31st October 2017 and (d) 30th November 2017.”

We record weekly snapshots of our licensing database. In the table below I have provided the information we hold which most closely matches the dates contained in your request.

Date	Private hire operators
10 September 2017	2,445
24 September 2017	2,437
29 October 2017	2,405
03 December 2017	2,399

We regularly publish taxi and private hire licensing figures on our website at the following location: www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/taxis-and-private-hire/licensing/licensing-information.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.

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

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

Back to top

---