Question follow-through · 17142

Driving Licences: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many medical driving licence applications have been awaiting a decision for more than six months.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 8 Jul 2026
Target answer date: 13 Jul 2026
Answer: 13 Jul 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

8 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many medical driving licence applications have been awaiting a decision for more than six months.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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13 Jul 2026
Answer published
In 2025/26, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency issued 12.3 million driving licences and made more than 750,000 medical licensing decisions. The current number of medical driving licence applications that have been awaiting a licensing decision for si...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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