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Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her department holds about the proportion of provisional driving license applications that were not assessed within DVLA target waiting times.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
10 Mar 2026
Target answer date
12 Mar 2026
Answer
18 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her department holds about the proportion of provisional driving license applications that were not assessed within DVLA target waiting times.

  2. 12 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) aims to process all applications as quickly as possible. There are no delays in applications for a provisional licence where there is no medical condition involved. The DVLA’s target for driving licence appli...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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