Question follow-through · 89192

Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2025 to Question 87145 on Driving Licenses, if she will provide this information by nationality.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Department for Transport
Tabled
10 Nov 2025
Target answer date
12 Nov 2025
Answer
19 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2025 to Question 87145 on Driving Licenses, if she will provide this information by nationality.

  2. 12 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The data requested is provided in the attached table which shows the number of GB licences exchanged for a licence issued in each of the countries listed. Please note that this will not necessarily be the nationality of the licence holder. The table also ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Driving Tests: Proof of Identity

18 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how often are driving test examiners audited to ensure they are following ID verification procedures prior to an examination.

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Driving Tests: Proof of Identity

18 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what training and refresher courses are provided to driving test examiners to spot impersonation attempts.

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Driving Tests: Fraud

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Driving Tests: Proof of Identity

18 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what disciplinary measures are in place for driving examiners who fail to follow ID verification protocols.

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18 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has identified any driving test centres with unusually high rates of suspected impersonation.

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Driving Tests: Fraud

18 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the potential risk posed to road safety by illegitimate licences being issued through fraudulent tests.

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Driving Tests: Fraud

18 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) collisions and (b) offences that have later been linked to drivers found to have obtained licences fraudulently in the last five years.

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18 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing new technologies including biometric checks and digital verification to strengthen identity checks at driving test centres.