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Driving Licences

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 9 February 2026UIN 110382

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date her Department first raised with the BBC that the announcement on Graduated Driver Licensing scheme could be made on the BBC’s day of road safety coverage.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The Department for Transport has not made an announcement on a Graduated Driving Licensing scheme.

Whilst we are not considering further restrictions on newly qualified drivers such as carrying passengers or driving at night, as announced on the 7 January, we are consulting on a Minimum Learning Period in England, Scotland, and Wales before learner drivers can take their test, and on a lower drink drive limit for novice drivers..

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