Driving Licences
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average processing time was for driving licence applications in (a) April 2026 and (b) May 2026.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
The table below shows the average number of working days taken to process driving licence applications made both online and not online in April 2026 and May 2026 for both group 1 (cars and motorcycle) and group 2 (lorry and bus) applications.
| Group 1 | Group 2 | ||
Month | Online applications | Non-online applications | Online applications | Non-online applications |
Apr-26 | 1.25 | 7.20 | 1.00 | 6.23 |
May-26 | 1.24 | 7.12 | 1.05 | 4.56 |
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