Uttlesford has 18 cabs per 1,000 residents, highest in Southern and Eastern England

11 September 2017 Download as PDF

Uttlesford has 18 cabs per 1,000 residents and is highest in the south and east of England where the average for England is 5.1 per 1,000 new GMB study shows.

We are supporting a lobby at TUC Congress in Brighton on Monday 11th September calling for rules on cabs working outside the licensed area and other aspects of licensing to be tightened up says GMB London.

The number of Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (PHVs) in Uttlesford (Stansted Airport) is 18 per 1,000 people, the highest in the South and East of England.

London is next with 12.4 per 1,000 people followed by Windsor and Maidenhead with 7.8, Woking with 7.1, Crawley with 7.1, Epping Forest with 7, Reigate and Banstead with 6.9 and Aylesbury Vale with 6.8.

England and Wales has an average of 5 Taxis and PHVs per 1,000 people. London, as a whole, has 12.4 per 1,000 people. The East of England and the South East has 3.3 per 1,000 people and South West has 2.7.

The lowest number of Taxis and PHVs are found in Breckland with 1.1 per 1,000 people. Next are Horsham, Maldon and Mid Suffolk with 1.4 followed by Wokingham, Suffolk Coastal and Fenland with 1.5.

The lobby in favour of reform of cab legislation organised by GMB National Officer Mick Rix will take place outside Brighton Conference Centre, King’s Road at 11am on Monday 11th September. National standards need to be introduced that would guarantee safety and accessibility, updating regulations to keep pace with technological change and ensuring a level playing field between operators.

Set out in the table below are the figures for total licensed vehicles in London, East of England, South East and Dorset and Wiltshire.

The tables have been compiled by GMB London region, see notes to editors for sources and definitions.

		2017
		Total taxis and PHV licensed vehicles	Licensed taxis and PHVs per 1,000 people

	England and Wales	290,884	5.0
	England	281,029	5.1

	London	108,709	12.4
	East of England	19,932	3.3
	South East	30,201	3.3
	South West	14,632	2.7
rank
1	Uttlesford	1,551	18.0
2	London	108,709	12.4
3	Windsor and Maidenhead	1,156	7.8
4	Woking	712	7.1
5	Crawley	788	7.1
6	Epping Forest	911	7.0
7	Reigate and Banstead	1,005	6.9
8	Aylesbury Vale	1,322	6.8
9	South Cambridgeshire	985	6.3
10	South Oxfordshire	827	6.0
11	Portsmouth	1,279	6.0
12	Havant	738	6.0
13	Epsom and Ewell	479	6.0
14	Three Rivers	500	5.4
15	Reading	865	5.3
16	Luton	1,096	5.1
17	Hertsmere	524	5.1
18	Eastbourne	529	5.1
19	Watford	478	4.9
20	Slough	709	4.8
21	Tonbridge and Malling	602	4.7
22	Swindon	1,018	4.7
23	Oxford	692	4.3
24	Weymouth and Portland	282	4.3
25	Brentwood	318	4.2
26	Eastleigh	547	4.2
27	Christchurch	206	4.2
28	Bedford	691	4.1
29	Peterborough	779	4.0
30	Huntingdonshire	703	4.0
31	Norwich	555	3.9
32	Hastings	360	3.9
33	Ipswich	518	3.8
34	Thanet	529	3.8
35	Southampton	936	3.7
36	Cambridge	480	3.6
37	Colchester	681	3.6
38	Rochford	310	3.6
39	Brighton and Hove	1,032	3.6
40	Great Yarmouth	349	3.5
41	St Edmundsbury	397	3.5
42	Milton Keynes	887	3.4
43	Guildford	508	3.4
44	Lewes	344	3.4
45	St Albans	487	3.3
46	Stevenage	289	3.3
47	Harlow	288	3.3
48	Wycombe	561	3.2
49	Vale of White Horse	402	3.1
50	Dartford	326	3.1
51	Chiltern	285	3.0
52	Wealden	467	3.0
53	West Oxfordshire	310	2.9
54	Hart	275	2.9
55	Elmbridge	387	2.9
56	Medway	798	2.9
57	Broxbourne	273	2.8
58	Welwyn Hatfield	341	2.8
59	Basildon	515	2.8
60	Forest Heath	172	2.7
61	Cherwell	400	2.7
62	East Hampshire	321	2.7
63	Canterbury	435	2.7
64	Sevenoaks	316	2.7
65	Bournemouth	530	2.7
66	Dacorum	397	2.6
67	Adur	166	2.6
68	Mid Sussex	381	2.6
69	Worthing	286	2.6
70	Central Bedfordshire	700	2.5
71	South Bucks	172	2.5
72	Bracknell Forest	294	2.5
73	Basingstoke and Deane	435	2.5
74	Fareham	292	2.5
75	Runnymede	216	2.5
76	Shepway	277	2.5
77	Chichester	296	2.5
78	West Dorset	251	2.5
79	Waveney	277	2.4
80	Southend-on-Sea	433	2.4
81	Castle Point	211	2.4
82	New Forest	439	2.4
83	Rushmoor	236	2.4
84	Surrey Heath	213	2.4
85	Waverley	296	2.4
86	Purbeck	111	2.4
87	North Norfolk	243	2.3
88	Winchester	278	2.3
89	Tunbridge Wells	268	2.3
90	North Dorset	165	2.3
91	Gosport	185	2.2
92	Mole Valley	186	2.2
93	Babergh	185	2.1
94	West Berkshire	332	2.1
95	North Hertfordshire	261	2.0
96	Tendring	285	2.0
97	Test Valley	247	2.0
98	Tandridge	175	2.0
99	South Norfolk	253	1.9
100	East Hertfordshire	275	1.9
101	Chelmsford	324	1.9
102	Wiltshire	910	1.9
103	East Dorset	171	1.9
104	Broadland	231	1.8
105	East Cambridgeshire	154	1.8
106	Braintree	267	1.8
107	Gravesham	192	1.8
108	Swale	260	1.8
109	Isle of Wight	256	1.8
110	King’s Lynn and West Norfolk	253	1.7
111	Thurrock	282	1.7
112	Dover	194	1.7
113	Maidstone	284	1.7
114	Arun	270	1.7
115	Spelthorne	157	1.6
116	Ashford	196	1.6
117	Rother	154	1.6
118	Poole	247	1.6
119	Fenland	154	1.5
120	Suffolk Coastal	183	1.5
121	Wokingham	239	1.5
122	Mid Suffolk	137	1.4
123	Maldon	90	1.4
124	Horsham	200	1.4
125	Breckland	146	1.1

Warren Kenny, GMB London regional secretary, said,

“We are supporting a lobby at TUC Congress in Brighton on Monday 11th September calling for rules on cabs working outside the licensed area and other aspects of licensing to be tightened up.

“GMB London are pushing for much needed taxi reform legislation as certain councils continue to turn a blind eye to licensing rules and continually ignore cross border issues. We will push to change the culture of ‘wild west’ free for all and aim to give drivers and passengers the respect and national standards they duly deserve.

“The South Coast especially Brighton is being blitzed by out of town, and in the main, by UBER drivers.”

“If there are too many cabs in any area the drivers cannot make a decent living. Equally, if unlicensed drivers and uninsured vehicles are allowed to pick up passengers the public are put at risk. Properly regulated cabs are in everyone's interest.”

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Contact: Mick Lancaster on 07974 249754; Steve Garelick on 07565 456776; Simon Rush on 07863 256411

Notes to editors

1) Source: Taxi Licensing Authorities, Office for National Statistics population estimates

www.gov.uk/government/statistics/taxi-and-private-hire-vehicles-statistics-england-2017

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