• Reference: 2018/1275
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 May 2018

If a Private Hire vehicle enters the congestion zone without a booking but subsequently takes a booking later that day in the zone, are they liable to pay the charge or are they exempt?

• Reference: 2018/1274
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 May 2018

With reference to question 9 above, for those found without a booking, what action did TfL take against the driver and operator?

• Reference: 2018/1273
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 May 2018

How many drivers over the past 12 months did TfL find entering the congestion charge zone with roundels and were not Private Hire drivers?

• Reference: 2018/1272
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 May 2018

With reference to question 7 above, how many PH vehicles in the congestion charge zone over the past 12 months were found not to have a booking?

• Reference: 2018/1271
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 May 2018

How many PH vehicles were checked in the congestion charge zone over the past 12 months?

• Reference: 2018/1270
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 May 2018

How many PH vehicles on average are checked entering the congestion charge zone daily?

• Reference: 2018/1269
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 May 2018

The London Cab Drivers Club believes that the congestion charge exemption is being used by Private Hire (PH) drivers without bookings, and PH vehicles with roundels on their windscreens but drivers who are not licenced PH drivers, to avoid paying and that random checking's are insufficient to prevent this abuse. What mechanisms do TfL have in place for checking PH vehicles entering the congestion zone have a booking?

• Reference: 2018/1268
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 May 2018

TfL license Private Hire Operators, but do not licence Taxi apps such as My Taxi and GETT. At present, TfL's Taxi and Private Hire Directorate are allowing them to operate unchecked, which could have risks to public safety, and could entrench the creation of a gig economy with no workers' rights. What is your opinion of the recent post on the Zelo Street blog, which alleged that it was easy to join the My Taxi platform with fake identification, where My Taxi did not carry out basic fundamental checks. (http://zelo-street.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/mytaxi-potentially-unsafe-app…) If taxi apps were licenced, TfL could ensure that they...

• Reference: 2018/1267
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 May 2018

TfL are looking to make Public Hire vehicle roundels more visible. the vast majority are not recognisable due to blacked out windows. Surely, for public safety you should be instructing TfL to change the conditions at the point of licencing ensuring vehicles are only licensed if all windows have 25% tint as taxis do. Will you action this?

• Reference: 2018/1266
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 May 2018

If a Private Hire (PH) driver decides to sell his PH TfL registered vehicle, it can be sold with the roundel still in place. This can then be bought and the vehicle used to evade the congestion charge or used by sexual predators or criminals masquerading as mini cab drivers. For the sake of public safety, do you agree with the London Cab Drivers Club, that a policy should be put in place so PH drivers must surrender and send back roundels to TfL as soon as the vehicle changes owner?