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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND TECHNICAL SERVICES BY DEPUTY M. TADIER OF ST. BRELADE
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 9th DECEMBER 2014
Question
Will the Minister provide a current breakdown of taxi plates by category (white, yellow, red) including their allocation by company?
Answer
While not specifically requested by the Deputy , in order to be helpful, additional historic licencing data has been included in the answer to provide context and to highlight how changes in regulation introduced by successive Committees and Ministers have informed the licencing situation today, along with commercial activities such as the merger or buy-outs by companies.
Information on Taxicab Licences (Plates)
Type of Licence | 2005 | 2009 | 2010 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Controlled taxi-cabs (rank Yellow Plate) | 148 | 1 141 | 4 144 | 6 151 | 4 152 | 4 152 |
Restricted taxi-cabs (individual White Plate) | 104 | 2 115 | 5 109 | 115 | 5 115 | 115 |
Restricted taxi-cabs (company Red Plate) | 66 | 55 | 51 | 45 | 44 | 45 |
Limousine taxi-cabs | 28 | 33 | 35 | 35 | 32 | 32 |
Mobility taxi-cab (Yellow Plate) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Restricted taxi-cab companies operating | 3 15 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
1 Deputy de Faye decided that number of controlled plates should be reduced by 10 in 2006.
2 Company plates surrendered or revoked from 2006 were re-issued as individual (white) plates 3 8 "companies" operated under one of the 5 larger companies
4 There were 140 permanent controlled licences, 20 of which for wheelchair accessible taxis. In
addition, there were 5 licences awarded to individuals on compassionate grounds that will not be re- issued when the licensee is no longer granted a licence.
- 115 permanent restricted licences are available – 2 are currently being allocated to the next suitable applicants.
- Since 2010, an additional licence has been issued for every two "retired drivers" who returned less than half the average mileage. To date 7 additional licences have become available.
Company | Plates held in 2004 | Plates held in 2005 | Plates held in 2009 | Plates held in 2010 | Plates held in 2012 | Plates held in 2013 | Plates held in 2014 |
Arrow | L 1 | L 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bee-line | D 1 | D 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Call a Cab | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 |
Citicabs | 6 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Clarendon Dragons | 6 | 6L | - | - | - | - | - |
Dial a Cab | L 1 | L 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Domino | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
E Cabs | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 |
Gorey | L 1 | L 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Hail a Cab | 2 | C 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Island | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jersey Taxis App | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luxicabs | 7 | 18 | 34 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
Maufant | CD 2 | L 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Radio | L 3 | L 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
St Mary | CD 1 | L 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
St Ouen | CD 1 | L 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tower | CD 1 | L 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yellow | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Grab-a-Cab | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - |
ABC Cabs | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Liberty Cabs | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Red Cabs | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 |
Greyed out – No longer operative - Company not operative that year
C operated and eventually merged under Citicabs
CD operated and eventually merged under Clarendon Dragons
D operated and eventually merged under Domino
L operated and eventually merged under Luxicabs
At the end of 2004, the Home Affairs Committee issued 22 additional "red" company plates.