Driving Licences: Applications
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average processing time was for driving licence applications in December 2025.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
The tables below show the average number of working days taken to process driving licence applications made both online and not online
in December 2025 for both group 1 (cars and motorcycle) and group 2 (lorry and bus) applications.
| Group 1 | Group 2 | ||
Date | Online applications | Non- online applications | Online applications | Non-online applications |
Dec-25 | 1.31 | 3.42 | 1.00 | 2.72 |
Verbatim has judged this answer against the question that was actually asked — answered, partly answered, or evaded. Sign in to see the verdict →