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Written Question
Driving Licences
Tuesday 4th March 2025

Asked by: Lord Sikka (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many driving licences have been issued to individuals without an official proof of identity.

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

Since they were introduced in 1998, all applicants for a first photocard driving licence have been required to provide official evidence of identity.