Written Question·Home Office·UIN 73594
Police: Driving Licences
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025
Question
Mr Will Forster
Liberal Democrat — Woking
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will issue national guidance to police to provide a receipt or paperwork to confirm that a person has produced their driving documents when requested.
Answer
Sarah JonesUnder section 164 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 a police officer has the power to require the production of a driving licence and under section 165 of the same Act the power to obtain names and addresses of drivers and others, and to require the production...
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