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Motorcycles: Driving Licences

Asked by Sammy WilsonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 19 December 2024UIN 20595

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of simplifying the licensing process for (a) mopeds, (b) motorcycles and (c) other powered light vehicles.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The Department for Transport has received additional evidence from the Motorcycle Industry Association on the road safety considerations for the proposals set out in their report ‘A Licence to Net Zero’, which proposed changes to the existing licensing regime for mopeds, motorcycles and light powered vehicles. Officials are currently analysing this.

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