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Dear George Madgwick,

Request pursuant to Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request No. RFI-01588

Thank you for requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We will proceed with the request which we received on the 29 May 2024. It is our intention to have the information delivered to you as soon as possible otherwise within the statutory 20 working days – by 26 June 2024.

Request:
Could you please provide me with the following three bits of information:-
1) Does your authority make is mandatory that PHV (taxi drivers) have CCTV in their vehicles whilst transporting a customer
2) How many licensed vehicles are registered to your authority
3) Since 1st January 2020 how many complaints, and/or licensing reviews, have taken place that include accusations (confirmed or unconfirmed) of any theft, criminal damage, sexual violence or physical violence. Please provide this per year (ie 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

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Yours sincerely

Maria Scapini

Customer Feedback Officer
Customer Services & Customer Feedback
Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP
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Dear Mr Madgwick - further to your FOI request, please find the response below:

Q1) Does your authority make is mandatory that PHV (taxi drivers) have CCTV in their vehicles whilst transporting a customer?

No it does not.

Q2) How many licensed vehicles are registered to your authority?

As of today's date, 573 private hire vehicles and 66 hackney carriage vehicles are currently registered with the authority.

3) Since 1st January 2020 how many complaints, and/or licensing reviews, have taken place that include accusations (confirmed or unconfirmed) of any theft, criminal damage, sexual violence or physical violence. Please provide this per year (ie 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

We have had no such complaints or reviews since 1 January 2020.

I trust that the above is satisfactory.

Kind regards

Matt Tucker
Interim Licensing Team Leader

Bedford Borough Council 
Borough Hall 
Cauldwell Street  
Bedford
MK42 9AP

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