FOI request detail

Details of decision to suspend Uber's license

Request ID: FOI-3200-1920
Date published: 05 February 2020

You asked

Could you please provide me with a detailed report on tfl's decision not to grant Uber London Limited (Uber) a new private hire operator's licence (decided in 2019)? Essentially, the report that led to the publication of this Press Release (https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2019/november/uber-london-limited-found-to-be-not-fit-and-proper-to-hold-a-private-hire-operator-licence)

We answered

Our Ref:         FOI-3200-1920

Thank you for your request received on 21 January 2020 asking for information about the decision to suspend Uber’s operating licence.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and our information access policy. I can confirm we do hold the information you require.

We have recently published our decision note regarding our refusal of Uber’s renewal application on our website:

http://content.tfl.gov.uk/tfl-decision-note-25-november-2019.pdf

The decision has been published in advance of the first procedural hearing regarding Uber’s appeal.?

In accordance with section 21 of the FOI Act, we are not obliged to supply you with a copy of the requested information as it is already accessible to you elsewhere.

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please feel free to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.

Yours sincerely

Gemma Jacob
Senior FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London

[email protected]

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