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Driving Licences: Health

Asked by Dr Scott ArthurLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 5 September 2025UIN 72561

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 61693 on Driving Licences: Health, what the DVLA’s planned timeframe is for the introduction of the new strategic system to process medical cases.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s new system to process medical cases is being delivered in three phases and is scheduled to be fully operational by March 2026.

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