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Written question asked by Rupert Lowe (Independent (affiliation)) on Thursday, 26 June 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 June 2025. It was answered by Jess Phillips (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 July 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.


Taxis: Convictions

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the convictions of licensed taxi drivers for (a) grooming, (b) sexual exploitation and (c) trafficking offences.

Answer

Available data on the age, ethnicity, gender and region of individuals prosecuted and convicted at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Ministry of Justice Outcomes by Offences data tool, can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page, which is available online here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics

However, this data is not broken down by employment status.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
63184
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Convictions Human trafficking Offences against children Taxis Sexual offences
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk