§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is the cost of setting up and maintaining a driver record until the age of 70 years. [32042]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonThe information is not available in the form requested.
In 1996–97, the cost of the Driving Licence system covering under 70s, over 70s and vocational licensing was £30.4 million. In 1996–97, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency held some 37 million driver records and handled just over 814,000 first applications for provisional licences.
The current range of fees is set to recover the cost of operating the Driver Licence system taking one year with another. The fees from the first applications brought in some £17 million. The rest of the cost was covered by fees from over 70s or by other fees e.g. for duplicate licences or vocational licences.