Question follow-through · 10415
Driving Licences: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 7254, for what reason there has been an overall increase in the number of driving licences revoked on medical grounds for drivers aged over 70 between 2020 and 202
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 16 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 7254, for what reason there has been an overall increase in the number of driving licences revoked on medical grounds for drivers aged over 70 between 2020 and 202
18 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jun 2026
Answer published
The increase in the number of driving licences revoked on medical grounds for drivers aged over 70 between 2020 and 2025 reflects the number of notifications of medical conditions received in those years. During the pandemic in 2020 and 2021 the number of...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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