PH drivers licensed with a Sheffield address
Request ID: FOI-4512-1718
Date published: 07 March 2018
You asked
This request concerns information about the number of drivers Transport for London gave a private licence to that applied with a Sheffield (S) postcode, between 2014-2017. For clarification, the Sheffield postcode’s we are interested in re these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_postcode_area
Questions:
- In 2014/15 how many drivers did your authority give a private hire licence to that applied with a Sheffield (S) postcode?
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- In 2015/16 how many drivers did your authority give a private hire licence to that applied with a Sheffield (S) postcode?
- In 2016/17 how many drivers did your authority give a private hire licence to that applied with a Sheffield (S) postcode?
If possible, please could this information be broken down into the 32 London boroughs
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-4512-1718
Thank you for your email received by us on 14 February concerning private hire drivers with an address in Sheffield.
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:
In 2014/15 how many drivers did your authority give a private hire licence to that applied with a Sheffield (S) postcode?
In 2015/16 how many drivers did your authority give a private hire licence to that applied with a Sheffield (S) postcode?
In 2016/17 how many drivers did your authority give a private hire licence to that applied with a Sheffield (S) postcode?
Please find below information detailing the number of licences issued in each year where the driver’s current address includes a Sheffield postcode.
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Licence Issue date
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Volume
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2015
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26
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2016
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89
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2017
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44
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Total
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159
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We are unable to report on a driver’s address details as recorded at the point of licensing, only the current address. Therefore any Sheffield address that has since been updated will not be included in these statistics.
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
Lee Hill
Senior FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
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