Taxis: Guide Dogs

Mr. Gerrard
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will make it his policy to collect, through his Department's surveys of licensing authorities, data on the number of taxi and private hire drivers with exemptions from statutory duties to carry guide and other assistance dogs.

Mr. Khan
These data are already collected from local authorities in our biennial local authority taxi survey. Figures have not been included in any publication but are available on request.