Question follow-through · 6931
Driving: Qualifications
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for bringing forward changes to the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 9 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for bringing forward changes to the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Oct 2024
Answer published
Legislative proposals to reform the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence were laid in May. This Government intends to continue with these planned reforms and expect the necessary Debates to be held soon.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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