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Question for Department for Transport

UIN 187047, tabled on 1 November 2018

Question

Dr Philippa Whitford
Scottish National Party
Central Ayrshire
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time taken has been to return a driving license revoked on the basis of a notifiable medical condition after evidence that the person is fit to drive has been received by the DVLA in each year since 2015.

Answer

Jesse Norman
Conservative
Hereford and South Herefordshire
Commons

Answered on

6 November 2018

The specific information requested is not available. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) deals with around 750,000 medical cases each year and aims to complete 90% within 90 working days. The length of time taken to deal with an application following a driving licence being revoked depends on the medical condition involved and whether further information is needed from medical professionals. The table below shows the average working days it took DVLA to make a licensing decision on all medical applications over the last four years.

Financial year

Average working days

14/15

58

15/16

53

16/17

37

17/18

32

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