Department for Transport written question – answered at on 1 March 2023.
Chris Green
Conservative, Bolton West
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Register of Taxi and Private Hire Licence Revocations and Refusals (NR3), which local authorities with large numbers of registered taxi and private hire drivers made the least use of NR3 searches in 2022; and how many NR3 searches and entries were submitted by those authorities in 2022.
Richard Holden
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Use of the National Register for Refusals and Revocations (NR3) is recommended in the Department’s Statutory Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Standards which was published in 2020. The Department is monitoring usage of the NR3 and communicates with local authorities on this matter regularly.
Five largest licensing authorities that make infrequent/no use of NR3:
Licensing Authority | Drivers Licensed (31 March 2022) | NR3 Searches (Jan-Dec 2022) | NR3 Entries (Jan-Dec 2022) |
Birmingham City Council | 6,280 | 1 | 0 |
Manchester City Council | 5,789 | 0 | 0 |
Sefton Council | 5,701 | 0 | 0 |
Newcastle City Council | 4,576 | 0 | 0 |
Liverpool City Council | 3,360 | 0 | 0 |
For context, Manchester City Council activated its NR3 account in August 2022 whereas other authorities had activated accounts from the start of the year.
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