Question follow-through · 4937
Driving Licences: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of timescales for medical driving licence renewals.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of timescales for medical driving licence renewals.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has seen sustained growth in the volume and complexity of medical licence applications which has led to increased waiting times for some customers. In the interests of road safety, the DVLA must be satisfied ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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