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757017

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date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the DVLA's system for reporting medical conditions.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	8267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) continually monitors and looks for ways to improve the performance and effectiveness of its processes for notifying medical conditions and making licensing decisions.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA introduced an online service in October 2016 which now allows motorists to notify over 200 medical conditions online. This service has already won two awards including the Digital Public Service Innovation of the Year at the Digital Leaders 100 Awards in June 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the online service, the DVLA has made a number of other improvements in this area, including recruiting additional medical and administrative staff. These changes have had a positive impact on the time taken to deal with medical cases. The average time taken to make a licensing decision in the financial year 2016/17 was 37 days, down from 53 days in the 2015/16 financial year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/09/2017 13:39:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

752772

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how long the process takes for customers re-applying for a driving licence following a temporary removal due to a medical condition; and whether he has set a standard response time for that process.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	5205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) deals with around 700,000 medical cases each year. The length of time taken to deal with an application depends on the medical condition and whether further information is required from medical professionals. In the last financial year, on average it took 37 working days to make a licensing decision. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) aims to complete 90% of medical cases within 90 working days.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/07/2017 10:02:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

753009

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time taken has been for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to process a re-application for a driving licence which has been suspended on medical grounds in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	5446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>Specific information on the time taken to process an application where a licence has been suspended on medical grounds is not readily available.</p><p> </p><p>A dedicated team has been put in place which is responsible for continuous improvement of medical driver licensing services and communications. Letters to customers and medical professionals have been improved, helping to ensure that the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency receives the information it needs as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/07/2017 09:23:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

732904

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the DVLA plans to process the application by Mr Bentall of Christchurch for the reinstatement of his driving licence; and what the reasons are for the time taken in dealing with that case.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	1448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>I will write directly to my honourable Friend about Mr Bentall’s driving licence application.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/07/2017 13:44:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

733114

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people had their driving licence revoked due to mental illness in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	1474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>This information is not available as the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not categorise driving licence revocations under broad terms such as ‘mental illness’. Revocation information is recorded on the basis of specific medical conditions.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/07/2017 15:47:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger