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Driving Licences: Applications

Commons · Question 127307 · Tabled 14 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 24 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average processing time was for driving licence applications in each month since December 2025 up to and including the most recent month for which figures are available.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 24 Apr 2026

The table below shows the average number of working days taken to process driving licence applications made both online and not onlinefrom January 2026 to date for both group 1 (cars and motorcycle) and group 2 (lorry and bus) applications. Group 1Group ...