Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timeframe is for returning passports to foreign nationals applying for provisional driving licences; and what steps he is taking to help ensure those timeframes are met.
The latest information on turnaround times for paper driving licence applications the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is currently processing can be found here. The DVLA is changing its procedures to return identity documents to customers earlier in the process, given the importance of these documents to applicants.