United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL3996
Cars: Hire Services
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5 December 2022
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16 December 2022 · Answer
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16 December 2022
Summary
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of car hire companies not accepting customers aged 75 years or over; and what steps they will take to ensure that older drivers are not unfairly discriminated against.
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5 December 2022
Written question
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of car hire companies not accepting customers aged 75 years or over; and what steps they will take to ensure that older drivers are not unfairly discriminated against.
Source: Lords
16 December 2022
Answer
Such refusals would be potentially unlawful under the Equality Act 2010. This legislation provides that it is unlawful age discrimination for a service provider such as a car hire company to refuse, on age grounds, to lease a vehicle to an otherwise quali...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-12-05/HL3996
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1548263
- uk · wq-1548263 · source updated 16 December 2022