§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his target is for the time taken to process a provisional driving licence application from the date of receipt to the applicant receiving the licence, in cases where the applicant indicates that they have a relevant medical condition; and what proportion of licences were issued within this target in each of the last three years. [134663]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's published charter standards for dealing with applications, where a medical condition has to be considered, are as follows
(a) if a decision can be made based on the information originally provided by the applicant, the Agency aims to make a decision on 97.5 per cent. of cases within 15 working days;(b) if further information is needed about the medical condition from the applicant, his doctors or other sources, the Agency aims to make a decision on 80 per cent. of cases within 90 working days.The Agency has reported against these standards since April 2002. In financial year 2002–03, the cumulative performance was for (a) 98 per cent. of cases were cleared within 15 working days and for (b) 80.2 per cent. of cases were cleared within 90 working days.
Since April this year, the cumulative performance is for (a) 95.4 per cent. of cases have been cleared within 15 working days and for (b) 78.7 per cent. of cases have been cleared within 90 working days.
No separate figures are available for provisional driving licence applications.