Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 74316
Driving Licences: Asylum
Tabled: 2 September 2025
Answered: 9 September 2025
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people who were applying for asylum have been issued with a driving licence since 2020.
Answer
Simon LightwoodTo be issued with a driving licence, the law requires that the applicant is both normally and lawfully resident in GB. Individuals who are subject to immigration control must have been granted either leave to remain or leave to enter the country by the Ho...
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