PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Driving: Eyesight (24 January 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, under what circumstances DVLA drivers’ medical visual (a) field and (b) acuity testing will be administered free of charge.
Asked by:
Matthew Pennycook (Labour)
Asked by:
Matthew Pennycook (Labour)
Answer
When the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA) is investigating whether a licence holder or applicant with a visual disorder is fit to drive, all costs of any tests commissioned by the DVLA as part of that investigation are paid for by the DVLA and not the applicant.
Answered by:
Guy Opperman (Conservative)
29 January 2024
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