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Driving Licences

Asked by Amanda HackLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 30 October 2025UIN 84786

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people hold a valid (a) provisional and (b) full UK driving licence.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The table below shows the number of full and provisional licence holders on 11 October 2025. Full licence holders42,795,544Provisional licence holders10,502,938Total53,298,482

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