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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Uber (23 November 2017)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings have taken place between Uber and (a) Ministers and (b) Officials of his Department in each year since May 2010.

Asked by:
Wes Streeting (Labour)

Answer

The Department has received numerous representations regarding Uber from individuals, trade bodies, driver representation organisations and regulatory bodies. However, since the Department does not hold information categorised as requested, this information could only therefore be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on a quarterly basis and are available via the gov.uk website.

Officials at the Department are not required to keep record of meetings attended; it is not therefore possible to provide a comprehensive list of meetings with any party, including Uber. However, a search of diaries by officials most likely to meet with Uber and that are still at the Department indicates that there was one meeting in 2015, six in 2016 and three in 2017 (as of 24 November).


Answered by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)
28 November 2017

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