Asked by: Alex Ballinger (Labour - Halesowen)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to consult on introducing licence upgrade courses for powered light vehicles.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government is considering plans to review existing requirements for motorcycle training, testing and licensing, taking account of long-standing Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency plans and recent sector proposals.
Those wishing to ride a moped will first need to pass a theory test. After which they will need to pass an off-road riding test (known as the ‘module 1 test’) and an on-road riding test (known as the ‘module 2 test’).
The table below show the number of Module 1 and Module 2 AM category practical riding tests conducted by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and the number of tests passed between 1 January and 31 December 2024.
Test type | Tests conducted | Tests passed |
AM Module 1 | 18 | 13 |
AM Module 2 | 17 | 8 |
A2 motorcycle licences to upgrade to an A license automatically after 2 years
- 2,352 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 4,018 - 35 added in the past 24hrs)
To revert to the automatic update of an A2 license to a full A license after 2 years of riding.
Found: A2 motorcycle licences to upgrade to an A license automatically after 2 years
Mentions:
1: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) As someone who has never bought a new motor vehicle, apart from a motorcycle, may I probe the Secretary - Speech Link
2: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con - Huntingdon) required to facilitate a significant uplift in EV charging infrastructure, and how much will the upgrade - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Josh MacAlister (Lab - Whitehaven and Workington) It sets out how we might secure new nuclear, upgrade the port of Workington, and fuel new advanced manufacturing - Speech Link
2: Michael Wheeler (Lab - Worsley and Eccles) Rights Bill will positively impact our former coalfields, making work pay by delivering the biggest upgrade - Speech Link
3: David Chadwick (LD - Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe) Recently, those from one such company that makes vintage motorcycle parts came to see me. - Speech Link
Oct. 04 2024
Source Page: Transport Scotland - Plans for road improvements around Fort William: EIR releaseFound: These include the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike Downhill Championships and the Nevis Range - Motorcycle Six
Automatically upgrade A2 motorcycle licence to A licence after 2 years
- Final Signatures: 218
We want the Government to change rules governing motorcycle licences so that an A2 motorcycle licence is automatically upgraded to an A licence after two years, as it was pre-2013.
Found: We believe it is unfair and nonsensical that it is harder to obtain an A motorcycle license than a B
Sep. 03 2024
Source Page: A9 dualling project correspondence: EIR releaseFound: During this period, increase the train capacity to offset car disruption during the upgrade.
Mar. 20 2025
Source Page: Service Inquiry into the death of a service person during an adventurous training expedition to Stubai Glacier, Austria on 11 March 2023Found: NHS National Health Service NOTICAS Notification of Casualty OEAMTC The Austrian Automobile, Motorcycle
Mar. 20 2025
Source Page: Service Inquiry into the death of a service person during an adventurous training expedition to Stubai Glacier, Austria on 11 March 2023Found: NHS National Health Service NOTICAS Notification of Casualty OEAMTC The Austrian Automobile, Motorcycle
Mar. 17 2024
Source Page: Crackdown on anti-driver road schemes and blanket 20mph limits to put local consent firstFound: listened to on LTNs latest step in delivering Plan for Drivers measures also include £50 million to upgrade