Licensing and launch date of ride-hailing service providers by local authority level

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Dear Renfrewshire Council,

I’m Pinar Bilgin. I’m a PhD student at the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds. I’m studying the impacts of ride-hailing services (such as Uber) on different transport modes in the UK. Under the Freedom of Information Act/Environmental Information Regulations, I would like to request the following information:
1) Are any of the following ride-hailing service providers operating in your Local Authority?
• Uber
• OLA
• Bolt
2) If yes, are they operating with or without a license issued by your Local Authority?
3) When did they first start to operate (launch date) in this Local Authority?
4) Do they continue operating in this Local Authority? If no, when did they stop operating in this Local Authority?
5) Since their first start date, have any operators had their licence suspended? If so, when?

Your prompt response would be highly appreciated.
Thank you very much.

Yours faithfully,

Pinar Bilgin

FOI, Renfrewshire Council

Freedom of Information Application - Acknowledgement IG210728

Thank you for your enquiry, received by the Council on 23rd June 2021.

I am writing to inform you that your application for information is being dealt with under the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act, 2002. Section 10(1) of the Act stipulates that enquiries must be dealt with within twenty working days of receipt. However, we will endeavour to answer your enquiry as soon as possible.

Regards

Renfrewshire Council

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FOI, Renfrewshire Council

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Dear Pinar Bilgin

 

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (″the Act″)

 

Renfrewshire Council received your request for information on 22 June
2021.

 

 

Information Requested

 

1)         Are any of the following ride-hailing service providers
operating in your Local Authority?

 

•           Uber

 

•           OLA

 

•           Bolt

 

2)         If yes, are they operating with or without a license issued by
your Local Authority?

 

3)         When did they first start to operate (launch date) in this
Local Authority?

 

4)         Do they continue operating in this Local Authority? If no, when
did they stop operating in this Local Authority?

 

5)         Since their first start date, have any operators had their
licence suspended? If so, when?

 

 

Response

 

Q1. Uber previously held a booking office licence in Renfrewshire. They
surrendered the licence on 27 July 2020. OLA and Bolt have never been
licensed in our authority.

 

Q2. Not applicable.

 

Q3. Uber booking office licence was granted on 28/06/2016 and surrendered
on 27/07/2020.

 

Q4. See dates above.

 

Q5. Renfrewshire Council have had no suspensions of booking office
licences.

 

 

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Yours sincerely

 

Andy Connor

 

Records Manager

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