RESEARCHED AUTHORITY
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent Council · Sources checked 13 September 2026
- Driver licensing
- Official route/source found
Minimum18 and twelve months full UK driving licence. Enhanced DBS with barred-list checks/update service required. Group2 medical at entry and six-year intervals, annually over65.
- Vehicle licensing
- Official route/source found
From April2026 new ICE vehicles must be Euro6; Euro5 renewals permitted only for existing WAVs until March2027. Over-ten-year renewals require six-monthly council MOT/suitability evidence. Hackneys black, with transitional blue/white grandfather livery until replacement.
- Operator licensing
- Official route/source found
Fit/proper assessment applies to individuals, partnerships and companies. Directors named on application; additional directors require DBS, safeguarding and right-to-work evidence.
- Licensing fees
- Official route/source found
From1April2026 taxi MOT including section68 suitability£79. Licence grant/renewal fees not yet extracted.
- Taxi tariff
- Official evidence found; detail still to confirm
Newcastle-under-Lyme's April 2024 official report specifically compares Stoke-on-Trent's tariff, stating Stoke last changed fares in March 2022. It records tariff 1 at £4.10 for one mile and £5.90 for two miles; tariff 2 at £5.30 and £7.70 respectively. PHTM's April 2026 comparison still reports the £5.90 tariff-one two-mile benchmark. These are attributed comparison figures, not a full current Stoke fare card. Exact flag allowance, distance/time pulses, tariff hours, waiting and extras remain unverified. Do not substitute Newcastle's proposed or adopted rates, or infer a linear rate from these examples.
- Mandatory qualifications
- Official route/source found
New-driver training/assessment covers English, arithmetic, law, safeguarding and customer care. Safeguarding refresher every three years.
Withheld or still needing confirmation
- Full current tariff missing.
- Driver/vehicle/operator licence fee schedules remain unextracted.
- Policy future emissions deadlines beyond2026 must be distinguished from present eligibility.
- Full current Stoke-issued fare card and operative date not recovered.
- Comparative 2024 evidence plus 2026 secondary benchmark cannot prove all current bands or extras.