Driving Licences
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2025 to Question 84798 on Driving Licences, how many code 70s were issued in each of the last ten years.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
The number of GB driving licences issued in exchange for a licence issued in a non-UK country (which will have code 70 shown on the licence) in each of the last ten years is shown in the table below:
Calendar Year | Number of non-GB licences exchanged for a GB one |
2016 | 175,055 |
2017 | 170,477 |
2018 | 150,431 |
2019 | 161,653 |
2020 | 123,690 |
2021 | 117,525 |
2022 | 146,672 |
2023 | 137,662 |
2024 | 117,721 |
2025 (to 30 Sept) | 67,056 |
To be eligible to exchange a foreign licence for a GB equivalent, the applicant would have to have passed their test in a European Union/European Economic Area country or a country designated for driving licence exchange.
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