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Driving: Training

Asked by Joe RobertsonConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 2 July 2026UIN 14188

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an estimate of the annual cost to the transport sector of compliance with Driver Certificate of Professional Competence requirements.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Department’s most recent published estimate of the annual cost of Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) requirements was made in the 2016 Post Implementation Review, which estimated the average annual cost of the regulations at £149 million.

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