All healthcare professional regulators have protected titles relating to the professions they regulate. There are currently 64 protected titles across 10 professional health and care regulators. The Government\u2019s regulatory reform programme, which is already underway, will consider protected titles more broadly.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4948", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Markham"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Markham"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-03-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-03-25T12:06:32.127Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-03-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Health Professions"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government, following the protection of the titles \u201cphysician associate\u201d and \u201canaesthesia associate\u201d under the Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024, when they plan to provide protection for other medical titles which are not already protected.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4719", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle"} ], "uin" : "HL3233"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1540392", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1540392/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
As of 16 November, there were 174,687 driving licence applications in progress where a medical condition must be investigated before a licence can be issued. This figure includes new applications, notifications and renewal applications as well as the more usual in progress figure, which is around 120,000 at any one time. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency expects to return to pre-pandemic turnaround times for medical applications by January 2023. All other backlogs were eliminated earlier this year.<\/p>
<\/p>
Of the total of 174,687 applications in progress, 71,323 were received more than 90 days ago.<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p> The length of time taken to deal with an application depends on the medical condition(s) involved and whether further information is required from third parties, for example NHS healthcare professionals, before a decision on whether to issue a licence can be made. Simple cases can often be processed quickly but some of the more complex cases with multiple medical conditions can take much longer. The DVLA\u2019s business plan target for 2022/23 is to process 90% of new applications within 90 days from October 2022.<\/p> <\/p> It is important to note that the majority of applicants renewing an existing licence will be able to continue driving while their application is being processed, providing they have not been told not to drive by a doctor or optician.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government how many applications for driving licences from people with a notifiable medical condition are outstanding; what is the target time for responding to those applications; and when they expect response times to return to the levels they were prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the statement by the Minister of State for Digital on 26 April (HC Deb, col 1125), what progress has been made to prohibit the use of bots to procure tickets for high demand sporting events and concerts.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 9 November (HL2741), whether they intend to provide schools and other educational establishments with information about the benefits of Brexit.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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