Taxi and Private Hire operating in Chelmsford
Dear Chelmsford City Council,
Please provide me under Data protection the following figures
The number of (A) Taxi (Hackney Carriage) vehicle licenses and (B) Private Hire vehicles licenses on the following dates
1/1/2015
1-1-16
1/1/17
1/1/18
1/1/19 to current date
Yours faithfully,
Ian vernon
Dear Mr. Vernon,
Thank you for your information request received 8^th September 2019. This
is an acknowledgement of your request being received. Your request has
been referenced as IR7494. Please use this reference number in any
subsequent contact with the Council.
A response to your request will be sent to you before or on 4^th October
2019.
Yours sincerely,
Heather Binns
Information Officer
Chelmsford City Council
Dear Mr. Vernon,
I am sending this email in response to your Freedom of Information Act
(2000) request reference IR 7494. Please use this reference in any
subsequent contact relating to this request.
Response
Please see below a breakdown of Taxi (Hackney Carriage) and Private Hire
vehicles licenses issued for the years requested:
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Year | Hackney carriages | Private hire | Total |
|-----------------+-----------------------+------------------+-----------|
|01/01/2015 |182 |117 |299 |
|-----------------+-----------------------+------------------+-----------|
|01/01/2016 |190 |125 |315 |
|-----------------+-----------------------+------------------+-----------|
|01/01/2017 |195 |120 |315 |
|-----------------+-----------------------+------------------+-----------|
|01/01/2018 |199 |113 |312 |
|-----------------+-----------------------+------------------+-----------|
|01/01/2019 |201 |111 |312 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Please note that for the figures to date, the Council has issued hackney
carriages up to number 203, but 2 plates have recently been lapsed/handed
back.
Right to Internal Review
If you are dissatisfied with this response or with the way your request
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explaining why you are dissatisfied with this response or the way your
request has been handled and send to [email address]. The review will
be conducted in accordance with the Council’s internal review procedure
which is published on its website at
http://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/node/33297. You will be notified of the
outcome of the review as soon as possible and in any event within 20
working days from receipt of your representations.
Appeal
If you should still remain dissatisfied following the outcome of the
review, you may apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision by
writing to:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Tel: 0303 1231113 or 01625 545745
Yours sincerely,
Heather Binns
Information Governance Officer
Chelmsford City Council
Dear Mr. Vernon,
I am sending this email as a follow-up and amended response to your
Freedom of Information Act (2000) request reference IR 7494. Please use
this reference in any subsequent contact relating to this request.
Unfortunately the Council experienced a database error when extracting
statistics for the response provided to you for your Information Request
referenced IR7494. Due to this error, figures given for the last year
(2019) were incorrect. The database has now been fixed and we have re-run
the relevant report. The amended figures have been provided below:
Year Hackney carriages Private hire Total
01/01/2019 205 111 316
I apologise for the error and any inconvenience this may have caused.
In addition, regarding your Information Requests referenced IR7493 and
IR7495, I can confirm that the Council has completed searches for the
information requested and will provide you with a response early next
week. I also apologise for the delay in responding to you.
Yours sincerely,
Heather Binns
Information Governance Officer
Chelmsford City Council
From: Information Request
Sent: 04 October 2019 08:40
To: [1][FOI #602269 email]
Subject: Response to FOI IR7494
Dear Mr. Vernon,
I am sending this email in response to your Freedom of Information Act
(2000) request reference IR 7494. Please use this reference in any
subsequent contact relating to this request.
Response
Please see below a breakdown of Taxi (Hackney Carriage) and Private Hire
vehicles licenses issued for the years requested:
Year Hackney carriages Private hire Total
01/01/2015 182 117 299
01/01/2016 190 125 315
01/01/2017 195 120 315
01/01/2018 199 113 312
01/01/2019 201 111 312
Please note that for the figures to date, the Council has issued hackney
carriages up to number 203, but 2 plates have recently been lapsed/handed
back.
Right to Internal Review
If you are dissatisfied with this response or with the way your request
has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act, you have the right
to ask for your request to be independently reviewed by the Director of
Corporate Services. You should set out your representations in writing
explaining why you are dissatisfied with this response or the way your
request has been handled and send to [2][email address]. The review
will be conducted in accordance with the Council’s internal review
procedure which is published on its website at
[3]http://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/node/33297. You will be notified of the
outcome of the review as soon as possible and in any event within 20
working days from receipt of your representations.
Appeal
If you should still remain dissatisfied following the outcome of the
review, you may apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision by
writing to:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Tel: 0303 1231113 or 01625 545745
Yours sincerely,
Heather Binns
Information Governance Officer
Chelmsford City Council
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