HC Deb 17 February 1916 vol 80 cc253-4W
Sir H. NORMAN

asked the Home Secretary the number of taxi-cabs now plying in London as compared with the number plying before the War; and the number of licences of different kinds upon which payment is now being made as compared with the number before the War?

Mr. HERBERT SAMUEL

The number of licences issued during the two years mentioned is as follows:—

January. 1916. July, 1914.
Motor cabs 5,813 7,746
Horsed cabs 946 1,666
Omnibuses 2,707 3,876
Tramcars 2,733 2,850
Hackney drivers 9,164 11,935
Stage drivers and composite 10,082 11,581
Assistant conductors 12 25
Conductors 10,290 12,553