Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average time taken to reinstate drivers who have had their licence revoked on mental health grounds but since been declared fit by health professionals.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) deals with around 750,000 medical cases each year. The time taken to deal with an application following the revocation of a driving licence depends largely on whether further information is needed from medical professionals.

The average time for the DVLA to make a licensing decision on all medical applications is 32 working days. The DVLA deals with 92.9% of all medical cases within 90 days. It is not possible to break down this information by specific medical conditions.