Taxi Driver Online

Dear Sirs

You might like to be aware that we have today published our biennial Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle statistics. The latest figures relate to 31

March 2011 and are available from the Department’s website here:

http://www.dft.gov.uk/statistics/releas ... stics-2011

Key points include:

There were 78,000 licensed taxis in England and Wales as at 31 March 2011. Of these 73,000 were in England, an increase of 3 per cent from 2009, the last time that this information was collected.

In 2011, in England 44,300 licensed taxis were wheelchair accessible – 61 per cent of the total.

There were 155,100 licensed Private Hire Vehicles (PHVs) in England and Wales as at 31 March 2011. 150,900 of these were in England, an increase of 3 per cent compared with 2009.


Figures for individual licensing authorities are provided here: http://assets.dft.gov.uk/statistics/tables/taxi0104.xls

We welcome any feedback on these statistics, and if you have any questions please feel free to contact me by return email or on the number below.

Kind regards,

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