Written Question

Driving Licences

Tuesday 16th October 2018

Asked by: Jack Dromey (Labour - Birmingham, Erdington)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full Group 1 driving licenses were held in each of the last five years.

Answered by Jesse Norman

Information on the number of driving licences held in Great Britain in each of the last five years can be found at: http://data.gov.uk/dataset/driving-licence-data.

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Written Question

Driving Licences

Tuesday 16th October 2018

Asked by: Jack Dromey (Labour - Birmingham, Erdington)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Group 1 driving licences have been revoked for eyesight related conditions by age in each of the last five years.

Answered by Jesse Norman

The information held at Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency does not differentiate between the driving licences that have been refused and those that have been revoked. The number of Group 1 licences that have been refused or revoked for eyesight related conditions by age in each of the last five years is shown in the table below:

Age	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013
15	1	0	0	0	0
16	13	17	13	9	11
17	84	80	84	78	68
18	74	79	72	74	65
19	58	45	59	50	78
20	44	45	60	50	53
21	38	54	40	49	39
22	44	53	34	39	43
23	54	38	28	39	48
24	37	42	39	49	39
25	46	46	47	41	49
26	31	46	37	45	38
27	38	42	32	45	44
28	39	32	35	35	40
29	33	39	40	27	45
30	38	29	32	28	45
31	34	42	26	35	49
32	34	34	30	44	35
33	23	44	36	31	44
34	30	37	30	34	35
35	25	39	39	36	34
36	39	36	26	47	34
37	31	38	30	28	25
38	25	23	31	46	24
39	38	55	33	29	23
40	28	37	37	37	32
41	26	28	37	42	29
42	36	37	35	42	36
43	28	43	42	47	41
44	31	37	50	44	41
45	39	41	41	58	59
46	47	35	24	52	54
47	39	40	50	52	47
48	43	56	52	38	61
49	64	50	45	45	46
50	45	64	60	66	45
51	52	64	51	62	47
52	43	51	46	58	56
53	55	63	69	56	43
54	67	65	49	37	50
55	62	71	69	56	66
56	63	57	61	63	58
57	53	68	71	62	66
58	55	61	56	57	46
59	75	50	59	60	52
60	61	74	74	68	70
61	52	64	69	56	59
62	64	77	58	61	66
63	59	56	68	62	64
64	52	60	73	71	58
65	65	71	71	62	89
66	61	85	90	86	96
67	80	83	109	110	78
68	82	102	117	98	93
69	453	455	271	176	212
70	202	210	270	302	243
71	93	113	116	121	95
72	278	284	230	157	201
73	201	218	296	261	247
74	125	131	104	111	124
75	235	261	230	193	262
76	172	242	342	369	291
77	130	135	148	136	154
78	267	310	253	209	263
79	211	275	371	379	305
80	150	180	182	150	142
81	279	319	227	207	236
82	277	286	342	420	322
83	144	147	159	170	134
84	243	267	206	156	210
85	196	262	341	307	247
86	121	138	154	123	113
87	183	193	119	110	153
88	150	198	198	229	195
89	71	95	67	88	82
90	95	116	80	61	66
91	73	91	99	103	79
92	35	38	41	34	39
93	30	27	41	23	31
94	24	36	33	33	8
95	14	15	7	11	0
96	10	8	4	2	10
97	10	8	6	3	4
98	3	2	1	1	2
99	1	1	0	0	0
100	0	1	1	1	1
101	0	1	0	0	0
102	0	0	0	0	0
103	0	2	0	0	0
Total	6,954	7,789	7,605	7,342	7,127

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Written Question

Driving: Eyesight

Tuesday 16th October 2018

Asked by: Jack Dromey (Labour - Birmingham, Erdington)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people received penalty points for refusing to submit to an eyesight test in each of the last five years.

Answered by Jesse Norman

The number of drivers who received penalty points for refusing to submit to an eyesight test in each of the last four years is shown in the table below. Most penalty points are removed from the driver’s record after four years, therefore information from 2013 is not available.

Year	Total
2014	0
2015	0
2016	1
2017	1

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