TfL Ref: 2953-1718

Thank you for your email received by us on 15 January 2018 asking for information about a private hire operator's licence number.

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 the information you require. You asked for:

information about private hire operator's licence number 7979, held by Uber London Ltd. According to the TfL online search facility, the licence in question expires on 30 June 2018, but the search page does not state when the licence was issued. Please confirm the date when PH Operator's Licence number 7979, was first issued by TfL to Uber London Ltd.

I can advise that the initial licence start date was 31 May 2012.

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.

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Yours sincerely

Jasmine Howard
FOI Case Officer
Information Governance
Transport For London