Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average processing time was for an HGV driving licence application renewal in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021 to 31 August.
The table below shows the average processing time for vocational (which includes both HGV and bus) driving licence renewal applications.
Calendar Year | Average days to issue a renewal vocational driving licence |
2018 | 2.94 |
2019 | 2.45 |
2020 | 4.74 |
2021 (to 31 August) | 12.02 |