Driving: Health

(asked on 11th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many notifications of any injury or illness that would have a likely impact on safe driving ability the DVLA has received from (a) doctors, (b) other healthcare professionals and (c) drivers in each year since 2020.


Answered by
Guy Opperman Portrait
Guy Opperman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 18th December 2023

The Department is unaware of the number of medical conditions it ought to be notified about but have not been notified of. This is because we are not notified of them.

In terms of notifications relating to this matter, the Department received the following numbers. However, it is not possible to say whether they came from drivers or medical professionals without incurring disproportionate cost in answering this question:

Year

Number of notifications

2020

91,560

2021

106,433

2022

118,695

2023 (to 11 December 2023)

136,884

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