Oral QuestionDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

“What steps he is taking to help reduce the number of families in temporary accommodation.”

Tabled: 27 February 2024Answered: 4 March 2024

Asked by

Lilian Greenwood

Labour — Nottingham South

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Justin Madders)

In 2025-26, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency issued 12.3 million driving licences, processed over 100 million individual customer transactions and issued 18.5 million vehicle registration certificates. We recognise that improvement is needed on the time taken to process medical driving licence applications, and plans are in place to address this.