Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Licences

(asked on 14th September 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many HGV drivers who hold either (1) a group C entitlement, or (2) a group C+E entitlement, do not have a driver's certificate of professional competence.


Answered by
Baroness Vere of Norbiton Portrait
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 22nd September 2021

On 4 September 2021, the number of drivers holding category C or C+E driving entitlement who do not have a certificate of professional competence is shown below:

  1. Category C - 149,697 drivers.
  2. Category C+E - 159,631 drivers.

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