Driving Licences: Asylum
Commons · Question 74316 · Tabled 2 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 9 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people who were applying for asylum have been issued with a driving licence since 2020.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 9 Sep 2025
To be issued with a driving licence, the law requires that the applicant is both normally and lawfully resident in GB. Individuals who are subject to immigration control must have been granted either leave to remain or leave to enter the country by the Ho...