Lists of Accessible Taxis under S167 Equality Act 2010
Doug Paulley made this Rhyddid Gwybodaeth request to Harlow District Council as part of a batch sent to 316 authorities
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Dear Harlow District Council,
1) Please advise if you have produced, or currently intend to produce, a list of wheelchair accessible:
a) taxis
and
b) private hire vehicles
under the powers set out in S167 of the Equality Act 2010.
2) Please identify how many a) taxi and b) PHV drivers have applied for medical / physical impairment exemption under S166 of the Equality Act 2010 since S166 was commenced. If you've created a list under S167, please identify how many of the exemptions were in place before S167 and how many have been put in since.
3) Please state whether you voluntarily compiled a list of accessible taxis and private hire vehicles following the Department for Transport's guidance of 15th September 2010, which stated, in relation to section 167, “although the list of designated vehicles will have no actual effect in law until the duties are commenced, we would urge licensing authorities to start maintaining a list as soon as possible for the purpose of liaising with the trade and issuing exemption certificates”. If you did produce such a voluntary list, please indicate when you did so, and provide the current list.
If you have produced a list of wheelchair accessible taxis and/or private hire vehicles under S167, or are going to, please tell me the following.
4) The date the list was instated or by which you intend to do so.
5) The accessibility requirements of a taxi for it to appear on the list.
6) How you intend to enforce drivers' compliance with S165.
7) The list.
Yours faithfully,
Doug Paulley
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Dear Doug Paulley,
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Dear Mr Paulley,
Please find acknowledgment of your FOI attached,
Regards,
Bruce Davies
Technical and Administrative Support Officer
Environmental Health & Licencing
Tel: 01279 446107/6111
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Kevin Dixon 01279 446111
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Dear Mr Paulley,
Please find the response to your FOI below,
Regards
Bruce Davies
From: Adam Sherwood
Sent: 12 May 2017 09:55
To: Bruce Davies
Subject: RE: FOI Responses
Hi Bruce
FOI answers for wheelchair accessible vehicles.
1)
a) Still at consideration stage
b) Still at consideration stage
2)
a) 0
b) 0
3) No list was compiled
4) Under consideration
5) Under Consideration
6) Under consideration
7) n/a
Adam
Adam Sherwood
Licensing Officer
Place Services
Telephone: 01279 446561
Fax:01279 446548
Alternative contacts:
Julie Snooks, Licensing Support Officer 01279 446009
Debbie Wright, Licensing Support Officer 01279 446005
Email: [1][email address]
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Harlow Council, Civic Centre, The Water Gardens, Harlow, Essex, CM20 1WG
From: Bruce Davies
Sent: 08 May 2017 09:36
To: Chris Bennett; Adam Sherwood
Subject: FOI Responses
Importance: High
Hi all,
Unfortunately I am on holiday from May 12^th - 23^rd inclusive (what a
shame), so if at all possible it would be appreciated if the following FOI
responses could be returned to me before Friday…
Chapman RFI2183239 Inspectors 15/05/2017
Paulley RFI2185153 Taxi Access 17/00959 19/05/2017
Keogh RFI2183619 Zoo 17/00960 16/05/2017
Turner RFI2185554 Zoo 17/00966 22/05/2017
Tyson RFI2185604 Dangerous Animals 17/00971 22/05/2017
Cheers,
Bruce Davies
Technical and Administrative Support Officer
Environmental Health & Licencing
Tel: 01279 446107/6111
Alternative Contact:
Kevin Dixon 01279 446111
Visit our website [3]www.harlow.gov.uk
Follow us on twitter @HarlowCouncil
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Dear Mr Paulley,
Please find the response to your FOI attached,
Regards,
Bruce Davies
Technical and Administrative Support Officer
Environmental Health & Licencing
Tel: 01279 446107/6111
Alternative Contact:
Kevin Dixon 01279 446111
Visit our website www.harlow.gov.uk
Follow us on twitter @HarlowCouncil
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