Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of applicants seeking a licence renewal who do not have a digital signature.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) can reproduce a signature from a passport on a driving licence if a digital record of a signature is held by Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HMPO).

The DVLA is unable to estimate the number of driving licence applicants for whom HMPO does not hold a digital signature.