| Heading: |
Driving Licences: Disability |
| Question ID: |
1796192 |
| UIN: |
47165 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
55 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Desmond Swayne
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| Asking Member handle: |
DesmondSwayne
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@DesmondSwayne
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to restore online access to enable disabled drivers to confirm their duty-exempt status when renewing their vehicle licence. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-28 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Answer text: |
A DWP service which enables disabled drivers to confirm their vehicle excise duty exemption when renewing their vehicle licence was upgraded on 12th March. An error with date formats affected disabled drivers with a September Date of Birth. They had to fo... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |