FOI Request - Taxi & Private Hire Reconsideration Hearings
Request ID: FOI-2862-2324 Date published: 05 December 2023
You asked
I need to revisit FOI-0621-2324 given that the information provided is incomplete.
You state:
“Of the ten reconsideration hearing requests previously identified, three related to endorsable driving offences where the licensee had accrued 12 or more points on their DVLA driver’s licence”.
Can you please confirm whether the three cases relating to endorsable driving offences were related solely to the totting-up procedure, or whether they relate to some other endorsable driving offence(s)?
You also state:
“Of these three cases, one related to an application to renew a taxi driver licence”
You state one related to an application to renew a taxi drivers’ licence. My Question: Had this taxi driver been previously revoked for a totting up offence and served a disqualification from driving by the courts and was seeking to be relicensed as a taxi driver after the driving disqualification had been served?
I need some further clarity on the paragraph below owing to the fact s.30 of the London Cab Order 1934 deals with suspensions and revocations differently.
“…and the other two related to suspensions of taxi driver licences”.
Were these two related suspensions of the taxi drivers’ licences as a result of totting up offences?
We answered
Our ref: FOI-2862-2324/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 9 November 2023 asking for information about Taxi & Private Hire Reconsideration Hearings.
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 the information you require.
You state:
“Of the ten reconsideration hearing requests previously identified, three related to endorsable driving offences where the licensee had accrued 12 or more points on their DVLA driver’s licence”.
Can you please confirm whether the three cases relating to endorsable driving offences were related solely to the totting-up procedure, or whether they relate to some other endorsable driving offence(s)?
Yes, these were cases where a licensee had accrued 12 of more penalty points for driving offences.
You also state:
“Of these three cases, one related to an application to renew a taxi driver licence”
You state one related to an application to renew a taxi drivers’ licence. My Question: Had this taxi driver been previously revoked for a totting up offence and served a disqualification from driving by the courts and was seeking to be relicensed as a taxi driver after the driving disqualification had been served?
Please note that in accordance with TfL’s obligations under Data Protection legislation we are unable to comment on individual cases, as this information could identify an individual, Personal data is exempt from disclosure as required by section 40(2) of the FOI Act. This is because disclosure of this personal data would be a breach of the legislation, specifically the first principle which requires all processing of personal data to be fair and lawful. It would not be fair to disclose this personal information when the individuals have no expectation it would be disclosed and TfL has not satisfied one of the conditions which would make the processing ‘fair’.
I need some further clarity on the paragraph below owing to the fact s.30 of the London Cab Order 1934 deals with suspensions and revocations differently.
“…and the other two related to suspensions of taxi driver licences”.
Were these two related suspensions of the taxi drivers’ licences as a result of totting up offences?
Yes.
Please let me know if this is not the information you are looking for.
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
