Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 76336

Driving Licences: Foreign Nationals

Tabled: 10 September 2025
Answered: 18 September 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the consultation outcome entitled Exchange of car driving licences issued in Moldova, published on 9 July 2025, whether her Department plans to review the 12-month period during which drivers

Answer

Simon Lightwood
My department does not currently have any plans to review the 12-month exchange period during which drivers from non-EU, or non-EEA countries may drive in Great Britain without exchanging their licence.