Taxi Licences for Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicles in York

A list of all Hackney Carriage and Private Hire vehicle licences issued by City of York Council. The data can be filtered to identify Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles as per Section 167 of the Equality Act 2010. Licences are renewed annually, with hackney carriage vehicles on June 1st and private hire vehicles on November 1st.

Use Cases

• Monitor taxi fleet size and composition based on licence renewal dates.
• Assess compliance with accessibility regulations based on the filter for Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles.
• Analyze local government licensing operations based on the annual renewal schedule.

Strengths

• Includes a filter for Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles as defined by UK law.
• Specifies the annual renewal dates for two distinct vehicle licence types.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

City of York Council, published via the Government Digital Service.

Collection Method

Administrative records from local government licensing operations.

Time Range

Annual coverage, with specific renewal dates.

Freshness

Licences are renewed annually, but the dataset's last update is unknown.

Geography

City of York, United Kingdom.