Driving Licences: Medical Examinations
(asked on 27th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2026 to Question 34455 on Driving Licences, how many Group 2 vocational driving licence applications requiring investigation of a medical condition the DVLA made a licensing decision on in each month since January 2021.
The table below shows the number of licensing decisions made in relation to Group 2 (bus and lorry) driving licence applications that required a medical investigation in each month since January 2021.
Month | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
January | 5,923 | 10,220 | 9,272 | 8,583 | 9,809 | 8,028 |
February | 6,506 | 9,883 | 6,556 | 8,368 | 9,380 | 7,330 |
March | 5,641 | 13,802 | 11,241 | 8,125 | 9,213 | 6,340 |
April | 4,383 | 10,782 | 6,972 | 7,847 | 7,563 | 7,000 |
May | 5,098 | 12,605 | 8,929 | 8,849 | 7,431 | 7,820 |
June | 7,081 | 10,255 | 8,496 | 8,328 | 8,099 | 8,467 |
July | 3,986 | 10,281 | 8,115 | 11,368 | 8,214 | 7,403 |
August | 5,269 | 8,713 | 6,767 | 9,091 | 7,426 | 6,523 |
September | 6,033 | 8,526 | 7,678 | 9,221 | 6,111 | 7,992 |
October | 9,843 | 8,668 | 8,197 | 10,250 | 5,271 | |
November | 8,437 | 9,686 | 8,390 | 9,419 | 6,076 | |
December | 6,167 | 6,624 | 6,703 | 6,924 | 5,619 |