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 Lightwood
To 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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