FOI release

Information held on Hackney Cabs and Private Hire Vehicles

Some or all of the information requested was not provided because we determined that the cost to do so would exceed the appropriate limit.

Case reference FOI2026/00436

Received 18 February 2026

Published 9 March 2026

Request

Please supply the following information in Excel format relating to both Hackney Cabs & Private Hire Vehicles that are currently licensed

1. Plate (HC1 PH1)

2. VRM (AB12ABC)

3. Vehicle Type (Peugeot Expert)

4. Operator (Station Cabs)

Response

Please supply the following information in Excel format relating to both Hackney Cabs & Private Hire Vehicles that are currently licensed

1. Plate (HC1 PH1)

2. VRM (AB12ABC)

3. Vehicle Type (Peugeot Expert)

4. Operator (Station Cabs)

 

A: This information is not held in a form that would enable it to be located, retrieved and extracted within the Appropriate Time Limit which equates to 18 hours as defined by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limits and Fees) Regulations 2004.

Our electronic reporting systems are unable to run a report for the individual Operator for each vehicle. To ascertain the data requested officers would need to manually check each vehicle file for this information. An initial search has shown that 93 files would need to be checked for this information, and it is estimated that it would take 12 minutes to check each file.

This would at a conservative estimate take at least 18.6 hours to complete. Where the Limit is exceeded Public Authorities are not obliged to supply the information requested by virtue of S12 of the Act. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.

The Service area would be able to provide the vehicle type and plate number within the limit. If this would be of use, please let me know. The VRMs could be collated however these would likely be withheld under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it consists of the personal information of third parties in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulations.

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