• Reference: 2023/0889
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

Does TfL hold any data on how much does it cost manufacturers to convert a Private Hire Vehicle to be able to carry a wheelchair?

• Reference: 2023/0888
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

Would London’s taxi fares be cheaper if the vehicles London’s taxi drivers are required to use were cheaper?

• Reference: 2023/0887
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

Is it fair that London’s taxi drivers wholly carry the burden of supplying wheelchair accessible vehicles to the public despite the fact this undermines the London taxi trade and increases the fares taxi drivers charge?

• Reference: 2023/0886
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

How many of London’s PHVs are wheelchair accessible?

• Reference: 2023/0885
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

Over the past few years, the TfL Board has told London’s taxi drivers to compete with Private Hire fares despite the fact that the cost of a London taxi is double or treble the price of an average Private Hire Vehicle (PHV). Will you order a review of the Metropolitan Conditions of Fitness and the decision to make all London taxis wheelchair accessible given that hardly any PHVs are wheelchair accessible?

• Reference: 2023/0884
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

The number of London taxi drivers is dropping year on year; the cost of a London taxi is exorbitant; the cost of doing the Knowledge (both in terms of time and money) is almost prohibitive. What are you doing to support the London taxi driver?

• Reference: 2023/0883
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

Given that new taxis were sold to the taxi trade as being able to run on electricity and save drivers money on fuel, do you have any advice for taxi drivers given the high cost of electricity, the lack of infrastructure and the time taken to find and charge, in order to compete with the thousands of diesel vehicles that have recently been licensed by the private hire industry?

• Reference: 2023/0882
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

What do you anticipate the price of a new London taxi will be in the summer?

• Reference: 2023/0881
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

What is the current price of a new London taxi?

• Reference: 2023/0880
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

Given that you and TfL didn't inform individual licensees of changes to the Taxi and Private Hire driver policy or highlight the potential impact, do you agree this should be taken into consideration when determining a driver’s fitness and propriety?