Request
Please can you supply me with the following information?
- Registration number:
Make:
Model:
of all vehicles licensed as a Taxi, Hackney Carriage or for Private Hire between 1st April 2024 and 31st July 2024 within your Council.
- The total number of currently licensed vehicles, both for Taxi/Hackney Carriage and then for Private Hire.
- The standard length of your taxi/private hire licence issue
Response
1. This information is refused in answer to this request under section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, information accessible to the applicant by other means.
The reason for this is that this information is publicly available here: https://my.northtyneside.gov.uk/sites/default/files/web-page-related-files/Hackney%20Carriage%20%26%20Private%20Hire%20Vehicles.pdf
2. There are currently 128 HC licensed vehicles and 633 Private Hire licensed vehicles.
3. The standard length is one year.