Kirsty Blackman MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Driving Licences: HealthDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 130082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department undertook cost-benefit analysis before launching a new digital medical licensing service on 31 March 2026; and what projected annual savings to the public purse are expected from that system.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: HealthDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 130081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has conducted an economic impact assessment of the potential impact of DVLA medical licence delays on workforce productivity.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: HealthDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 130080More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the administrative cost to the DVLA has been of processing the backlog of medical driving licence applications, including the cost of additional caseworkers recruited since 2023.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: HealthDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 130079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of DVLA medical licence delays on costs to the NHS of (a) repeat specialist consultations and (b) administrative work since 2020.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: HealthDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 130078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) Universal Credit and (b) other welfare payments made to people who became unable to work as a direct result of delays in DVLA medical licence processing.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: HealthDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 130077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the total income lost by self-employed drivers as a result of delays in processing medical driving licence applications in each of the last three years.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: HealthDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the length of delays in the DVLA medical licensing process, particularly the time taken for applications to be reviewed by medical caseworkers after receipt;
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) aims to process all applications as quickly as possible. However, driving licence applications where a medical condition(s) must be investigated before a licence can be issued can take longer as they vary wid...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
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