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Driving: Training

Commons · Question 14188 · Tabled 29 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 2 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

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.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 2 Jul 2026

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 mill...