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Driving Licences: Health

Asked by Jerome MayhewConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 15 June 2026UIN 8119

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 5014 on Driving Licences: Health, what the average processing time was for medical driving licence renewal applications in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March, (d) April and (e) May 2026.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The table below shows the average number of working days taken to process medical driving licence applications for both group 1 (cars and motorcycle) and group 2 (lorry and bus) applications.

Month

Group 1

Group 2

January 2026

59.7

42.5

February 2026

71.4

46.3

March 2026

55.9

56.2

April 2026

56.0

49.0

May 2026

57.9

45.1

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