Question follow-through · 12306
Driving Licences: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce wait times for medical driving licences.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce wait times for medical driving licences.
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has seen sustained growth in the volume and complexity of driving licence applications where a medical condition must be investigated before a licence can be issued. The length of time taken to deal with an a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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