Driving Licences: Disability

(asked on 26th June 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of disabled people currently hold a driving licence.


Answered by
Richard Holden Portrait
Richard Holden
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
This question was answered on 29th June 2023

Data from the National Travel Survey show that in 2021, 61% of disabled adults aged 17 or over in England held a full car driving licence, compared with 80% of adults with no disability. Data are not available on the number of disabled people holding a driving licence, as the proportions above are derived from a sample and are therefore estimates rather than precise figures.

These data are updated annually in the disability, accessibility and blue badge statistical release:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/disability-accessibility-and-blue-badge-statistics-2021-to-2022/disability-accessibility-and-blue-badge-statistics-2021-to-2022

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