Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when (a) HM Ambassador and (b) other officials last met Italian Ministry of Transport officials to discuss an agreement on driving licence exchanges for UK citizens with Italian residency status; and if she will make a statement.

The UK and Italian Governments continue to negotiate long-term arrangements for exchanging driving licences without the need to take a test. The most recent formal meeting between officials in DfT, FCDO, including His Majesty’s Ambassador to Italy, and their Italian counterparts took place in the last fortnight.

Outside of formal meetings, officials remain in regular contact with their Italian counterparts and have made good progress toward an agreement that would allow UK licence holders resident in Italy to exchange their driving licence without the need to take a driving test.