Question follow-through · 130078

Driving Licences: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) Universal Credit and (b) other welfare payments made to people who became unable to work as a direct result of delays in DVLA medical

awaiting answerKirsty BlackmanDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
28 Apr 2026
Target answer date
30 Apr 2026
Answer
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  1. 28 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) Universal Credit and (b) other welfare payments made to people who became unable to work as a direct result of delays in DVLA medical

  2. 30 Apr 2026

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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