Agenda item

Chief Operating Officer

The Committee is asked to note the paper and approve increasing the minimum fare by 40 pence to £4.20; increasing Tariffs 1, 2 and 3 by 5.05 per cent; keeping the Tariff 4 rates the same as the Tariff 2 rates; reducing the Heathrow extra, which taxi drivers can add to the fare when picking up a passenger from one of the taxi ranks at Heathrow Airport, from £2.00 to £1.60;  increasing the Heathrow drop off charge from £5.20 to £6.00; increasing the fixed-fares for shared-taxis from the All England Lawn Tennis Club to central London by £1.50; amending some of the authorised places (as set out in Appendix 8) where the fixed-fare, shared-taxi scheme operates from during the Wimbledon Tennis Championships; and extending one of the areas (as set out in Appendix 8) covered by the fixed-fare, shared-taxi scheme that operates during the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.