Hackney carriage and private hire licensing policy review

Shropshire Council are consulting on “Hackney carriage and private hire licensing policy review. This consultation ends on Sunday 2nd September 2018. This consultation includes vehicles which are defined as “wheelchair accessible”.

Details of the consultation can be found here: https://shropshire.gov.uk/get-involved/hackney-carriage-and-private-hire-licensing-policy-review/ We want to encourage our members as individual to take part in this, and if we get enough feedback indicating you would also like us to submit a “collective voice” reply on behalf of our members at Shropshire Disability Network, please contact us. If you would like us to do that on your behalf, please let Ann our Secretary know by email at secretary@shropshire-disability.net or text/call 07398 350255 Useful documents to download regarding the consultation: Note this one requires a separate reply to the Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Policy 2019-2023.

• Equality Act 2010 List of designated Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles. Equality Act 2010 – List of Designated Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles
• Proposed Consultation Relating to Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Policy 2019-2023 Proposed Consultation Relating to the Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy 2019 – 2023
• Proposed Consultation on the Removal of Existing 5 Hackney Carriage Zones. Proposed Consultation on the Removal of the Existing Five Hackney Carriage Zones