Details of all vehicles that have been registered as taxis from 01/08/2025 to 30/11/2025
Request received 2 December 2025
I’d like to request a list including the vehicle registration number, make and model of the vehicle of all vehicles that were issued a license as a Taxi, Hackney Carriage or for Private Hire (both approved and active licenses) between the dates of: 01/08/2025 to 30/11/2025.
Responded 11 December 2025
Please see attachment for the make and model of all Taxi, Hackney Carriage or for Private Hire vehicles (both approved and active) between 1st December 2024 and 31st March 2025.
Please note that East Cambridgeshire District Council does not provide vehicle registration numbers in response to FOI requests, this information is refused under Sections 31(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
In respect of those requests that are answered in full, partially or the total refused, please take this as notice under FOIA, that we:
a) Consider the information as exempt from disclosure under the Act;
b) Claim exempt under sections of the Act:
Section 31(1)(a) – Law Enforcement
c) State why the exemption applies:
(1) Information which is not exempt information by virtue of section 30 is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to, prejudice—
(a) the prevention or detection of crime
As Section 31 is a qualified exemption, we, the authority, must consider the balance of public interest in the circumstances of the request.
Arguments in favour of disclosing the information:
• There is public interest in being able to access information on vehicles formerly used as taxis.
Arguments in favour of withholding the information:
• The provision of this data would make it easier for criminals to use this data, together with other information already in the public domain, for purposes such as: cloning vehicles and avoidance of traffic violation fines.