§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport how long it has taken to transfer the particulars of drivers' licence records to the central records at DVLC Swansea.
§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport what is his estimate of the number of valid booklet type driving licences with full entitlement in current use.
§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many licence records are not yet transferred to the DLVC Swansea.
§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what has been the administrative cost of transferring particulars of drivers' licensing records to the central records at the DVLC Swansea;
(2) when he now expects the transfer of particulars of drivers' licensing records to the central records at the DVLC Swansea to be completed.
§ Mr. HoramExcept for records of the small proportion of drivers who have accidentally or deliberately deferred renewing redbook licences—less than 1 per cent.—the transfer is already complete. To have isolated the transfer cost would have involved considerable expense to no good purpose.
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§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how long it will take for holders of valid booklet type driving licences who are applying for renewal at the DVLC Swansea to be issued with the new licence;
(2) how long it now takes to issue driving licences from the DVLC Swansea from the moment the application arrives at the centre.
§ Mr. HoramIn recent months well over 95 per cent. of all licence applications have consistently been cleared within 10 days of receipt. Holders of booklet licences should have their new licences within the same time scale as other licence applicants.
§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport what is the cost to public funds of issuing new plastic covers for driving licences to all applicants.
§ Mr. HoramThere is no net cost to public funds. The gross cost of 1p per wallet is covered by the licence fee.
§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport why applicants for new driving licences are not required to send their plastic covers with their applications.