Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2026 to Question 113322 on Driving Disqualification, if she can list the reasons for exceptional hardship that were cited by the drivers with 12 or more penalty points who have retained current entitlement to drive.

The Department for Transport and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) do not hold information on the reasons put forward in exceptional hardship applications.

Decisions on whether exceptional hardship has been established, and the grounds advanced in support of such applications, are matters for the courts.

DVLA’s role is to update and maintain the driver record using information provided by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service, and it does not receive or hold the underlying reasons cited to the court.