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Driving Licences

Asked by Greg SmithConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 13 July 2026UIN 16567

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average processing time was for driving licence applications in June 2026.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The table below shows the average number of working days taken to process online and non-online applications for Group 1 (car and motorcycle) and Group 2 (lorry and bus) driving licences in June 2026.

Group 1

Group 2

Online applications

Non-online applications

Online applications

Non-online applications

1.26

7.38

1.01

5.34

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