Question follow-through · 123828
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the causes of delays in the processing of driving licence renewal applications by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency; and what steps her Department is taking to ensur
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 13 Apr 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the causes of delays in the processing of driving licence renewal applications by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency; and what steps her Department is taking to ensur
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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13 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) aims to process all applications as quickly as possible. The DVLA’s target for driving licence applications is to dispatch 95 per cent within three working days for straightforward online applications and 90 ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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