Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Licences

(asked on 29th July 2024) - View Source
Questioner
Earl Attlee Portrait
Earl Attlee
(Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many drivers hold (1) a Category C licence and (2) a Category C+E licence; and of each of these groups, how many hold a valid Driver Certificate of Professional Competence.

Answered by
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill Portrait
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 2nd August 2024

As at 20 July 2024, the number of driving licence holders with (1) Category C and (2) Category C+E driving entitlement is shown below:

  1. Category C – 349,767
  2. Category C+E – 626,573

The number of these drivers who hold a valid Driver Certificate of Professional Competence is shown below:

  1. Category C – 208,368 drivers
  2. Category C+E – 480,988 drivers

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