§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government:
During each of the past five years in Northern Ireland, how many cases have been reported relating to rape, drunken driving or mugging of passengers by private hire taxi drivers. [HL42]
§ The Lord President of the Council (Baroness Amos)As aggregated details of the types of offence are not kept, and as taxi driving licences are generic with no split between private and public hire licences, this information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.