PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Driving Licences: Older People (27 June 2023)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that when people aged over 70s renew their driving licences the new licences are dated from the expiry of the previous document.

Asked by:
Taiwo Owatemi (Labour)

The Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA) sends a renewal application form to all drivers who are aged 70 or over 90 days before the licence expires. This allows drivers adequate time to submit their renewal application to ensure continuous entitlement to drive. This means that when a new licence is issued before the expiry of the previous one, it will be valid from the date the new licence is issued.

Answered by:
Mr Richard Holden (Conservative)
3 July 2023