Driving Licences: Sex

(asked on 23rd July 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, whether the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency will require driving licences to list only an individual's biological sex.


Answered by
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill Portrait
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 6th August 2025

Driving licences do not currently specify the sex or gender of the licence holder and there are no plans to change this.

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