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Driving: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an estimate of the annual cost to the transport sector of compliance with Driver Certificate of Professional Competence requirements.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Department for Transport
Tabled
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
1 Jul 2026
Answer
2 Jul 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 29 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an estimate of the annual cost to the transport sector of compliance with Driver Certificate of Professional Competence requirements.

  2. 1 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Department’s most recent published estimate of the annual cost of Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) requirements was made in the 2016 Post Implementation Review, which estimated the average annual cost of the regulations at £149 mill...

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