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------------------------ Original Email -------------- Received On:
17/10/2021 14:09:12 GDT
Subject:Freedom of Information request - Taxi and Private Hire Enforcement

CAUTION: This email may be from an unknown source. Do not reply, click
links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the
content is safe. Dear St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council, During the
years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,2020 and 2021 how many times did Taxi &
Private Hire Licensing Enforcement Officers visit the following districts
to conduct enforcement checks on the drivers and vehicles that are
licensed by yourselves. Birmingham City Council Bolton Metropolitan
Borough Council Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Cheshire West & Chester
Council City of Wolverhampton Council Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Leicester City Council Liverpool
City Council Manchester City Council Oldham Council Rochdale Borough
Council Rossendale Borough Council Salford City Council Stockport
Metropolitan Borough Council Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Trafford Council Sefton Council Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Walsall Council Wigan Council Wirral Council For clarity, I am not asking
for enforcement within your local district but for checks made on
vehicles/drivers licensed by yourselves that are working occasionally,
predominantly, or exclusively in the districts listed where your officers
have had to travel to in order to undertake these enforcement checks. If
you have undertaken enforcement exercises in any of these districts, then
how many vehicles/drivers were checked on each occasion? Yours faithfully,
Lee Ward
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Dear Mr Ward

In response to your request re: enforcement in other areas.

St Helens do not routinely conduct checks in other Licensing Authorties.

Lorraine Simpson

Licensing Manager

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