Question follow-through · 85559

Road Traffic Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to suspend driving licences immediately for people arrested on suspicion of driving offences carrying mandatory d

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Department for Transport
Tabled
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
29 Oct 2025
Answer
4 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to suspend driving licences immediately for people arrested on suspicion of driving offences carrying mandatory d

  2. 29 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    This Government takes road safety seriously. We are committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads.The Government is listening closely to the concerns of those affected by tragic cases of death or serious injury on our roads.We...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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