Driving Licences: Older People

(asked on 5th June 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving licences held by people aged over 70 were revoked on medical grounds in each of the last five years.


Answered by
Lilian Greenwood Portrait
Lilian Greenwood
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
This question was answered on 12th June 2026

The table below shows the number of licences that were revoked on medical grounds for people aged 70 and over in each of the last five years:

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

15,586

13,417

21,523

20,548

22,532

22,309

Please note that these figures may include more than one revocation for the same driver within the period.

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