Historic taxi licensing data
Case reference FOI2026/00592
Received 17 March 2026
Published 25 March 2026
Request
Freedom of Information Request
In relation to requests about private hire vehicle/hackney carriage/taxi licensing data, dating from 2017 to present --
Example:
Registration number
Vehicle make
Vehicle model
License from
License to
Please can you tell me, from the earliest date available, the total number of requests for this type of information within each year? Please note, we do not want the details of the FOI requester.
Example:
2017 -- 2
2018 -- 2
2019 -- 3 etc.
Response
Please find the answers to your queries below:
The Council is able to provide you with the number of FOI requests received which relate to taxi licensing as follows:
Year/No of FOIs
2017 - 14
2018 - 14
2019 - 11
2020 - 18
2021 - 12
2022 - 16
2023 - 11
2024 - 15
2025 - 20
We are however unable to break this down into the number of requests which specifically mirror your exact example due to reporting constraints. Some of these FOIs will be similar, whereas others will ask other taxi related questions.
Yours sincerely,
FOI Team
Guildford Borough Council
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