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Taxi and private hire licensing in Westmorland and Furness

Westmorland and Furness licenses 620 taxis and private hire vehicles. Below: the fleet mix, how density compares with similar authorities, the booking records an operator must keep, and the driver standards that gate adding capacity — every figure from Westmorland and Furness's own return to the Department for Transport.

620
Licensed vehicles: 653
Licensed drivers: 68
Operator licences

Source: Department for Transport, Taxi and private hire vehicle statistics, as at 1 April 2024.

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447 hackney (72.1%)173 private hire

Key takeaways

Westmorland and Furness licenses 620 taxis and private hire vehicles, the 94th largest licensed fleet of the 292 England and Wales authorities.
The split is 447 hackney carriages to 173 private hire vehicles.
68 private hire operator licences are in force.

Westmorland and Furness taxi and private hire licensing in numbers

Every row below is read from Westmorland and Furness's return to the Department for Transport, or is arithmetic over it. Derived rows show their working so you can check them.

Licensing statistics for Westmorland and Furness, 1 April 2024
Measure	Westmorland and Furness
Licensing authority	Westmorland and Furness
Licensed hackney carriages	447
Licensed private hire vehicles	173
Total licensed vehicles	620
PHV operator licences	68
Total driver licences	653
Dual hackney and PHV drivers	207
Private hire vehicles per operator licencederived173 licensed PHVs ÷ 68 operator licences.	2.5
Hackney carriage share of licensed fleetderived447 hackney carriages ÷ 620 licensed vehicles.	72.1%
Size rank among licensing authoritiesderivedBy total licensed vehicles.	94 of 292

Source: Department for Transport, Taxi and private hire vehicle statistics, as at 1 April 2024. View the source tables on GOV.UK.

What does the licensed trade in Westmorland and Furness actually look like?

Westmorland and Furness licenses 620 vehicles as at 1 April 2024 — 447 hackney carriages and 173 private hire vehicles.

Hackney carriages lead the licensed fleet, so a meaningful share of driver earnings never passes through a booking channel at all — it comes off ranks and street hails.

At this size the operator is often still on the phones, so anything that removes a keystroke from taking a booking pays for itself immediately.

653 driver licences are in force against those 620 vehicles, or 1.05 drivers per vehicle. Some vehicles run more than one driver, so shift patterns bear on availability as much as the plate count does.

FAQ

Taxi licensing in Westmorland and Furness: common questions

How many licensed taxis and private hire vehicles are there in Westmorland and Furness?: 620 — 447 hackney carriages and 173 private hire vehicles, as at 1 April 2024, per Westmorland and Furness's DfT return.
How many private hire operators are licensed in Westmorland and Furness?: 68 operator licences are in force.
How many licensed taxi and private hire drivers are there in Westmorland and Furness?: 653 driver licences, of which 207 are dual licences covering both hackney and private hire work.

Authorities comparable to Westmorland and Furness

Closest by licensed fleet size, weighted towards the same region — useful if you work across a boundary, or you are comparing what one authority requires against another.

Licensing authorities with a comparable licensed fleet to Westmorland and Furness
Authority	Licensed vehicles	Per 1,000 people
BedfordEast of England	621	3.31
YorkYorkshire and the Humber	616	3.01
Cheshire East	610	1.50
MedwaySouth East	612	2.16
Blackpool	636	4.49
South OxfordshireSouth East	637	4.20

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