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  • Taxi and Private Hire Trade (1)

    • Reference: 2019/19708
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 17 October 2019
    In your answer to question MQ 2019/4090 you stated: "whether or not a taxi is plying for hire through a smartphone app for example does depend on how the particular app works and the particular circumstances of individual cases." For the particular individual circumstances of the taxi apps: FreeNow, Gett and Bolt, do you class their app jobs as pre-booked or ply-for-hire?

  • Using apps outside London (1)

    • Reference: 2019/12068
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 20 June 2019
    TfL state that a taxi driver cannot accept a job on an app when they are located outside of the TfL licensed area. why is this?

  • Pre-Booked and Ply-for-Hire Definition

    • Reference: 2019/6166
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 21 March 2019
    Do you accept that TfL-TPH licenced operators, vehicles and drivers using apps which calculate a fare by time and distance rather than calculating the fare in advance are not ‘pre-booked’ but are actually ‘ply-for-hire’, and should be regulated as taxis rather than as private hire vehicles?

  • Cross-border Hiring and Taxi Apps (2)

    • Reference: 2019/4091
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 25 February 2019
    Are taxi drivers licenced in areas outside London like Southend or Manchester legally allowed to come and work in London on their company’s app?