Driving Licences: Older People

(asked on 2nd June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people over the age of 70 have applied to renew their driving licence (1) online, and (2) by post, in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by age of applicant.


Answered by
Baroness Vere of Norbiton Portrait
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 16th June 2020

The table below shows the number of applications received from those renewing their driving licence at the age of 70 and over either online or by post in the last five financial years. It has not been possible in the time available to break this down by age of applicant.

Online applications age 70 and over

Postal applications age 70 and over

2015-2016

720,152

1,068,060

2016-2017

843,947

1,079,017

2017-2018

897,577

990,243

2018-2019

907,005

1,117,544

2019-2020

1,128,344

1,012,176

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