Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 87898

Delivery Services: Driving Licences

Tabled: 4 November 2025

Answered: 11 November 2025

Question

Mr Louie French

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing (a) the regulation of and (b) enforcement against people driving vehicles for (i) delivery and (ii) courier work with L plates but withou

Answer

Lilian Greenwood

The department has not had any discussions with gig economy operators about trends in the level of people working as delivery drivers through their platforms without appropriate driving licences, or steps being taken to prevent such practices. Drivers mus...

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