Accessibility of taxis and private hire vehicles
Dear Gwynedd Council,
How many current hackney carriage (taxi) licensees have you issued (over the last full year)?
How many current Private Hire vehicle licences have you issued (over the last full year)?
What are your accessibility requirements for hackney carriage
vehicles?
Do you require hackney carriage licencesees to undergo training in
disabilty awareness and if so what does this involve?
Do you require private hire vehicle licensees to undergo training
in disability awareness and if so what does this involve?
Do you inspect the taxis and wheelchair accessible vehicles for
accessibility
Do you carry out spot checks for safety including ensuring that
wheelchair users are positioned so that they can use the seat belts
do you check that taxis have a useable step available to assist
access
do you use 'mystery disabled customers' to test the service to
disabled people. If so what were the results.
How many complaints have you had about service from disabled
passengers about taxis (over the last full year)? What percentage is that of overall
complaints?
How many complaints have you had about service from disabled
passengers about private hire vehicles (over the last full year? What percentage is that of
overall complaints?
How have you resolved the complaints from disabled passengers?
Do taxis capable of carrying wheelchairs get preferential access eg
bus lanes and pedestrian areas?
How many of your drivers are exempt from carrying wheelchair users
on health grounds? Are these drivers refused preferential access?
Yours faithfully,
Mary Carr
Dear Mary Carr,
Freedom of Information (ref T9677)
How many current hackney carriage (taxi) licensees have you issued
(over the last full year)?
How many current Private Hire vehicle licences have you issued
(over the last full year)?
What are your accessibility requirements for hackney carriage
vehicles?
Do you require hackney carriage licencesees to undergo training in
disabilty awareness and if so what does this involve?
Do you require private hire vehicle licensees to undergo training
in disability awareness and if so what does this involve?
Do you inspect the taxis and wheelchair accessible vehicles for
accessibility
Do you carry out spot checks for safety including ensuring that
wheelchair users are positioned so that they can use the seat belts
do you check that taxis have a useable step available to assist
access
do you use 'mystery disabled customers' to test the service to
disabled people. If so what were the results.
How many complaints have you had about service from disabled
passengers about taxis (over the last full year)? What percentage
is that of overall
complaints?
How many complaints have you had about service from disabled
passengers about private hire vehicles (over the last full year?
What percentage is that of
overall complaints?
How have you resolved the complaints from disabled passengers?
Do taxis capable of carrying wheelchairs get preferential access eg
bus lanes and pedestrian areas?
How many of your drivers are exempt from carrying wheelchair users
on health grounds? Are these drivers refused preferential access?
Thank you for your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.
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If you require further information please contact me by phone on 01286
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Yours sincerely,
Gwawr Owen
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y sawl a enwir arno yn unig. Gall gynnwys gwybodaeth freintiedig. Os yw wedi
eich cyrraedd trwy gamgymeriad ni ellwch ei gopio, ei ddosbarthu na'i ddangos i
unrhyw un arall a dylech gysylltu â'r anfonwr ar unwaith.
Mae unrhyw gynnwys nad yw'n ymwneud â busnes swyddogol y corff sy'n anfon yr
e-bost yn bersonol i'r awdur.
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Dear Mary Carr,
Freedom of Information (ref T9677)
How many current hackney carriage (taxi) licensees have you issued
(over the last full year)?
How many current Private Hire vehicle licences have you issued
(over the last full year)?
What are your accessibility requirements for hackney carriage
vehicles?
Do you require hackney carriage licencesees to undergo training in
disabilty awareness and if so what does this involve?
Do you require private hire vehicle licensees to undergo training
in disability awareness and if so what does this involve?
Do you inspect the taxis and wheelchair accessible vehicles for
accessibility
Do you carry out spot checks for safety including ensuring that
wheelchair users are positioned so that they can use the seat belts
do you check that taxis have a useable step available to assist
access
do you use 'mystery disabled customers' to test the service to
disabled people. If so what were the results.
How many complaints have you had about service from disabled
passengers about taxis (over the last full year)? What percentage
is that of overall
complaints?
How many complaints have you had about service from disabled
passengers about private hire vehicles (over the last full year?
What percentage is that of
overall complaints?
How have you resolved the complaints from disabled passengers?
Do taxis capable of carrying wheelchairs get preferential access eg
bus lanes and pedestrian areas?
How many of your drivers are exempt from carrying wheelchair users
on health grounds? Are these drivers refused preferential access?
Thank you for your recent request. Please see below and attached document
for the information requested:
How many current hackney carriage (taxi) licensees have you issued
(over the last full year)? 272 Hackney carriage licences were issued
between 1/4/12 – 31/3/13.
How many current Private Hire vehicle licences have you issued
(over the last full year)? 151 Private hire vehicle licences were
issued between 1/4/12 – 31/3/13.
What are your accessibility requirements for hackney carriage
vehicles? See enclosed policy document.
The accessibility requirements are determined by Gwynedd Council’s Taxi
Licensing Policy. In September 2012 the Licensing General Committee also
agreed to allow applications to be considered for vehicles with rear
loading wheelchair access rather than side loading only as noted in the
Policy document.
Do you require hackney carriage licencesees to undergo training in
disabilty awareness and if so what does this involve? No.
Do you require private hire vehicle licensees to undergo training
in disability awareness and if so what does this involve? No.
Do you inspect the taxis and wheelchair accessible vehicles for
Accessibility Yes.
Do you carry out spot checks for safety including ensuring that
wheelchair users are positioned so that they can use the seat belts
Yes
do you check that taxis have a useable step available to assist
access No
do you use 'mystery disabled customers' to test the service to
disabled people. If so what were the results. No
How many complaints have you had about service from disabled
passengers about taxis (over the last full year)?
What percentage is that of overall complaints?
How many complaints have you had about service from disabled
passengers about private hire vehicles (over the last full year?
What percentage is that of overall complaints?
How have you resolved the complaints from disabled passengers?
The authority does not differentiate between complaints received from
disabled and able bodied passengers and is therefore unable to respond to
these questions.
Do taxis capable of carrying wheelchairs get preferential access eg
bus lanes and pedestrian areas? No
How many of your drivers are exempt from carrying wheelchair users
on health grounds? No
Are these drivers refused preferential access? n/a
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Yours sincerely,
Gwawr Owen
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Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw atodiad iddo yn gyfrinachol ac fe'i bwriedir ar gyfer
y sawl a enwir arno yn unig. Gall gynnwys gwybodaeth freintiedig. Os yw wedi
eich cyrraedd trwy gamgymeriad ni ellwch ei gopio, ei ddosbarthu na'i ddangos i
unrhyw un arall a dylech gysylltu â'r anfonwr ar unwaith.
Mae unrhyw gynnwys nad yw'n ymwneud â busnes swyddogol y corff sy'n anfon yr
e-bost yn bersonol i'r awdur.
Arbedwch bapur, ynni ac arian - Peidiwch argraffu'r neges yma oni bai ei bod yn
hollol angenrheidiol.
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