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Driving: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to implement the policies in her Department's policy paper entitled The plan for drivers, published on 2 October 2023.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
14 Nov 2024
Target answer date
18 Nov 2024
Answer
19 Nov 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to implement the policies in her Department's policy paper entitled The plan for drivers, published on 2 October 2023.

  2. 18 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    “The Plan for Drivers” was published by the previous government. The Department is considering the measures within it in the light of this Government’s priorities.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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