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Taxi licensing

What are the current taxi licence fees and hackney carriage fares?

 Licence fees

CategoryFee (£)
Driver's licence (three year licence)£165
Knowledge test£17
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)£48
First class hackney carriage and private hire vehicle£240
First class hackney carriage and private hire vehicle test fee£62
First class hackney carriage and private hire interim test fee£22
Transfer of vehicle£63
Second class hackney carriage£260
Second class hackney carriage vehicle test fee£50
Private hire operator's licence (five year licence)£350

Hackney carriage table of fares

This hackney carriage table of fares was approved at the Licensing Committee on Tuesday 20 September 2022 and will take effect from 7 October 2022.

Tariff 1 Day rate 06:00 to 22:00
CategoryFee (£)
Distances up to 160 yards                                                      2.80
Thereafter and for each subsequent 160 yards or part thereof0.20
Waiting time for each 45 seconds or part thereof0.20
Tariff 2 Night rate 22:00 to 06:00 and public holidays (except Christmas and New Year)
CategoryFee (£)
Distances up to 260 yards3.20
Thereafter and for each subsequent 180 yards or part thereof0.30
Waiting time for each 45 seconds or part thereof0.30
Tariff 3 Sunday rate 06:00 to 22:00
CategoryFee (£)
Distances up to 180 yards3.00
Thereafter and for each subsequent 180 yards or part thereof0.25
Waiting time for each 45 seconds or part thereof0.25
Tariff 4 Christmas and New Year rate from 18:00 24 December to 06:00 27 December and from 18:00 31 December to 06:00 2 January
CategoryFee (£)
Distances up to 160 yards4.60
Thereafter and for each subsequent 180 yards or part thereof0.40
Waiting time for each 45 seconds or part thereof0.40
Additional charges
CategoryFee (£)
Each article of luggage carried outside the carriage0.30

Each person in excess of one (children under three years not counted)

0.30

Cleaning following the soiling of the interior of the vehicle, a charge not exceeding

80.00

Cleaning following the soiling of the exterior of the vehicle, a charge not exceeding

30.00
Last modified on 28 September 2022

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