Taxi and Private Hire Services

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Dear Inverclyde Council,

Can you provide me with the following please?

- Details of current taxi and private hire booking office licenses
- Details of current taxi and private hire driver licenses (current numbers, breakdown of taxi/private hire and of operating company)

Yours faithfully,

Francis Kerr

foi, Inverclyde Council

Good afternoon

I acknowledge receipt of your email dated 5 May 2021 requesting information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and I confirm that this matter is being dealt with.

In terms of the Act, a response will be issued to you within 20 working days of the date of receipt of your request being 2 June 2021.

Inverclyde Council is obliged to comply with current data protection laws. Further information on how the Council uses your information can be found at www.inverclyde.gov.uk/privacy - the Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Request Privacy Notice explains this in more detail.

Thanks

Carol Anne

FOI Team
Inverclyde Council
Municipal Buildings
Greenock
PA15 1LX

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Hello,

Please may I have an update on the above request due last week in line with FoI legislation?

Yours sincerely,

Francis Kerr

Selina Cooke, Inverclyde Council

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Dear Francis Kerr

I refer to the email correspondence below dated 5 May 2021 in which you have registered a request for information to be released under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Please note the answers written below each question you have listed.

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which the Council has dealt with your request you are entitled to require the Council to review its decision. A copy of the Council’s review procedure is attached.

Further information on how the Council processes your information can be found at https://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/privacy - the Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Request Privacy Notice explains this in more detail

Regards.

Selina Cooke
Senior Administrative Support Officer
Legal & Property Services
Inverclyde Council
Municipal Buildings
Greenock
PA15 1LX

Phone: 01475 712139
e-mail – [email address]

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Dear Selina Cooke,

From my side of things I don’t have any answers to my questions outlined in my Freedom of Information request - could you please advise where or what you are referring to?

Failing that, I would have to request an internal review into the matter.

Yours sincerely,

Francis Kerr

Selina Cooke, Inverclyde Council

Dear Francis Kerr

Are there no answers noted in my email, or are the answers provided not the information you are looking for?

Regards.

Selina Cooke
Senior Administrative Support Officer
(Leader & Provost Support)
Legal & Property Services
Inverclyde Council
Municipal Buildings
Greenock
PA15 1LX

Phone: 01475 712139/712727
e-mail – [email address]

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Dear Selina Cooke,

Thank you for the speedy response.

I have not received in I’m afraid - not sure whether you have sent via an attachment or in the body of the card email but I have not got them as of yet - sorry!

Yours sincerely,

Francis Kerr

Selina Cooke, Inverclyde Council

Dear Francis Kerr

Apologies, not sure what has happened with the information in my email response; I can see it in my sent box. The following is the information I sent (or thought I had!) -

- Details of current taxi and private hire booking office licenses

ABC Taxis (Inverclyde) Ltd, 6 MacDougall Street, Greenock PA15 2TG
Inverclyde Taxis Ltd, Unit 3, Earnhill Road, Larkfield Industrial Estate, Greenock PA16 0EQ

- Details of current taxi and private hire driver licenses

current numbers - 469 at 5 May 2021

breakdown of taxi/private hire - all drivers are licensed to drive both private and general hire taxis

operating company - we do not record this information

Regards.

Selina Cooke
Senior Administrative Support Officer
Legal & Property Services
Inverclyde Council
Municipal Buildings
Greenock
PA15 1LX

Phone: 01475 712139
e-mail – [email address]

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Dear Selina Cooke,

Not sure either - thanks for sending over that information!

Yours sincerely,

Francis Kerr