• Reference: 2019/17386
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 12 September 2019

What measures has the Mayor taken to address increases in sexual assaults and road traffic accidents in the private hire trade that were not put in place by the previous Mayor?

• Reference: 2019/17385
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 12 September 2019

What percentage of (i) private hire drivers (ii) taxi drivers have been tested for customer service?

• Reference: 2019/17384
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 12 September 2019

What percentage of (i) private hire drivers (ii) taxi drivers have been tested for disability awareness?

• Reference: 2019/17383
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 12 September 2019

Given that TfL do not regulate App companies, are they putting the safety of the public at risk by not insisting that all companies operating in the industry hold an Operator’s licence?

• Reference: 2019/17382
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 12 September 2019

Does TfL abdicate all responsibility for testing and interviewing private hire driver licensees to Operators?

• Reference: 2019/17381
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 12 September 2019

Do you agree that TfL should interview all applicants for taxi and/or private hire licences and test their ability to drive before allowing them to proceed to drive the public?

• Reference: 2019/17380
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 12 September 2019

On 24 June 2018, Andrew Gilligan wrote in The Sunday Times that Uber had investigated 1,100 drivers for serious offences: how many of those drivers had been assessed by TfL as being fit and proper to hold a private hire driver’s licence? What measures have TfL introduced in the year since Uber investigated its own drivers for serious offences? 1 1 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/uber-investigates-1-100-drivers-for-…

• Reference: 2019/17379
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 12 September 2019

What amount of education does TfL provide and how many hours of training do Private Hire Drivers undergo before they become licensed?

• Reference: 2019/17378
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 12 September 2019

Do you consider that drivers within the taxi/PH industry are sometimes exploited? What do you consider as the causes of such exploitation?

• Reference: 2019/17377
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 12 September 2019

It has been alleged that there is a discrepancy between FreeNow’s driver Terms and Conditions which states that the driver charges the passenger the metered fare for the taxi trip, however, and their passenger Terms and Conditions which says the driver assigns the taxi trip fare payment to FreeNow to charge the passenger. Would these billing arrangements adhere to existing TfL regulations?