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Delivery Services: Driving Licences

Commons · Question 87898 · Tabled 4 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 11 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Louie French

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing (a) the regulation of and (b) enforcement against people driving vehicles for (i) delivery and (ii) courier work with L plates but withou

Answer

Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 11 Nov 2025

The department has not had any discussions with gig economy operators about trends in the level of people working as delivery drivers through their platforms without appropriate driving licences, or steps being taken to prevent such practices. Drivers mus...