Question follow-through · 3360

Driving Licences: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many foreign driving licences were exchanged for GB licences in each of the last five years, broken down by country of origin.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Department for Transport
Tabled
20 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
1 Jun 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many foreign driving licences were exchanged for GB licences in each of the last five years, broken down by country of origin.

  2. 1 Jun 2026

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  3. 1 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The table below shows the number of foreign driving licence holders who have exchanged their licence for a GB licence in each of the last five years, broken down by the country or territory in which the original licence was issued. YearCountry of Exchange...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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