Dear Glasgow City Council,

During the calendar year 2015 , please advise the following .. regarding the activity of Taxi and Private hire enforcement team :

1)How many checks were made on Taxis
2) How many checks were made on private hire vehicles

During the checks , please advise
1) how many Taxi vehicles were subject to a notification putting the vehicles off the road
2) how many private hire vehicles were subject to a notification putting vehicle off the road

Regarding the checks please advise , how many ..
1)Individual taxis vehicles were checked multiple times
2)Individual Private hire vehicles were checked multiple times

Regarding the checks please advise during 2015 what percentage of the fleet is checked at least once by the enforcement checks.
( EXAMPLE , of an average of 1425 licensed taxis , during 2015 , 712 individual vehicles were checked representing 50% of the fleet . Further of an average of 2600 licensed private hire vehicles , 1820 individual vehicles were checked representing 70% of fleet.)

During the checks , for 2014 AND 2015 please advise
1) How many TAXI drivers were subject to referral to licencing court , and a breakdown of reasons if possible
2) How many private hire vehicles were subject to referral to licencing court , and a breakdown of reasons if possible
If statistics are not stored broken down by type of licence holder please provide total and reasons etc if possible

Yours faithfully,

Horatio K Bromhead