Question follow-through · 39066
Driving Licences
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has had discussions with the DVLA on the timeliness of drivers receiving licence renewal reminder letters.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 18 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has had discussions with the DVLA on the timeliness of drivers receiving licence renewal reminder letters.
20 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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24 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency sends reminders for vocational licences and ten-year photocard licence renewals 56 days before the licence is due to expire. For those renewing their licence at the age of 70 and those renewing a short-period medica...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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