Driving Licences: EU Countries

(asked on 17th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2018 to Question 173935 on driving: licensing, what estimate he has made of the number of staff that will need to be recruited in order to meet increased demand for International Driving Permits in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.


Answered by
Chris Grayling Portrait
Chris Grayling
This question was answered on 22nd October 2018

From 1 February 2019, International Driving Permits will be issued by 2,500 Post Office branches using existing Post Office staff. While staffing levels are a matter for Post Office Ltd, we do not believe there will be a need to recruit further staff to offer the enhanced service.

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