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Taxis: Assistance Dogs
Department for Transport written question – answered on 29th March 2017.
Roger Godsiff Labour, Birmingham, Hall Green
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that assistance dog owners are able to access taxis and minicabs.
Andrew Jones Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Drivers of taxis and PHVs must by law carry assistance dogs and cannot charge extra for doing so. It is therefore unacceptable that some drivers continue to discriminate in this way.
We aim to consult later this year on revised best practice for licensing authorities which will include strengthened recommendations relating to authorities’ response to alleged instances of assistance dog refusal.
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