We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
FCDO travel advice for Peru. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Chile. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
How drivers, vehicle owners and licensing authorities can use safety screens to protect themselves, their workers and passengers from coronavirus.
This section is for reference only, as the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency no longer carries out taxi tests.
Laws on how local authorities, and taxi and private hire vehicle operators must accommodate people in wheelchairs and guide dogs in line with the Equality Act.
The number of licensed taxis and private hire vehicles in England and Wales at the end of March 2021.
Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment of Judge Auerbach on 28 June 2023.
Types of public service vehicle (PSV) operator licences, application forms and application guidance notes. Appealing a decision and making changes to your licence
Best practice guidance to help local licensing authorities to carry out their taxi and private hire vehicle licensing functions.
Drone technology could transform our skies and boost the UK economy by £45 billion by the end of the decade.
Latest FCDO travel advice for Mexico including on entry requirements, safety and security and local laws and customs.
Government response to report on a safer system of taxi and private hire vehicle licensing.
How licensing authorities can ensure that drivers of taxis and private hire vehicles comply with requirements on disabled access.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab).