Question follow-through · 88522
Driving Licences: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle delays in processing re-applications to the DVLA following the voluntarily surrender of driving licences on medical grounds.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 5 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 11 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle delays in processing re-applications to the DVLA following the voluntarily surrender of driving licences on medical grounds.
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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11 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) aims to process all applications as quickly as possible. Driving licence applications where a medical condition(s) must be investigated before a licence can be issued can take longer. This is because the DVLA...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of UK participation in the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service.