Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 76650
Buses and Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Young People
Tabled: 11 September 2025
Answered: 18 September 2025
Question
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Department has made of the effectiveness of minimum age requirements for (a) articulated lorry drivers and (b) bus and coach drivers; and whether she plans to remove the 50km restriction for
Answer
Simon LightwoodThe previous government launched a consultation on amending licensing restrictions to allow 18 to 20-year-olds to drive a bus and coach for distances exceeding 50km when driving a regular service. The previous government did not publish a response to its ...
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