TfL to release Uber licensing decision documents in 2025
Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed plans to publish key documents explaining its decisions to grant Uber London Limited private hire licences in 2022 and 2024.
The move follows a Freedom of Information (FOI) request placed by an unknown source, and aims to provide transparency around the high-profile licensing process.
The TfL FOI response stated: “Transport for London intends to publish, on its website, documents relating to its decision to grant Uber London Limited licences in 2022 and 2024. These documents will provide the information you have requested. We anticipate this information will be published in 2025.”
Back in September, Uber was granted a new 30-month private hire operator’s licence, extending its operations in the capital until March 2027. TfL has yet to disclose specific details of the latest licence but confirmed it includes ‘conditions’.
This development is set against a backdrop of significant growth in Uber’s UK operations. The platform has experienced a 70% increase in driver numbers since 2021, with over 100,000 now registered nationwide. In London, Uber operates alongside competitors such as Bolt, Addison Lee, and FREENOW, in a market that currently licenses well over 100,000 private hire drivers in the capital.
At the time of licensing in September, Uber’s UK General Manager, Andrew Brem, reaffirmed the company’s commitment to improving safety, driver conditions, and the electrification of its fleet. Brem said: “Uber is focused on being the best partner to London and we will continue to keep raising the bar on safety, leading the way in improving working conditions for drivers, and pushing to electrify every car on the Uber platform.”
A TfL spokesperson said in September: “Uber has been granted a London private hire vehicle operator’s licence for a period of 30 months, with conditions.”
