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Driving: Licensing

Volume 494: debated on Monday 15 June 2009

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport on how many occasions in each of the last three years for which information is available GPs or other medical practitioners have disclosed information to the medical adviser of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency about licence holders of (a) passenger service vehicles, (b) large goods vehicles and (c) cars and other light vehicles. (279292)

[holding answer 12 June 2009]: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency seeks disclosure of medical reports from GPs and consultants where a driver has notified a medical condition that may affect their ability to drive. The number of such reports received during the last year are shown as follows categorised as ordinary (car/bike) and vocational (lorry/bus) entitlement.

Number

Ordinary

110,232

Vocational

18,661