Question follow-through · 127834
Dangerous Driving: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has assessed the potential merits of introducing lifetime driving bans for individuals who have received multiple disqualifications from driving as a result of dangerous driving convictions.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 16 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 22 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has assessed the potential merits of introducing lifetime driving bans for individuals who have received multiple disqualifications from driving as a result of dangerous driving convictions.
20 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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22 Apr 2026
Answer published
Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for our independent courts.This includes whether to disqualify an offender from driving and, where appropriate, the length of any disqualification. The courts already have powers to impose lifetime disqualificati...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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