§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many United Kingdom driving licences are currently valid; and how many of these are machine-readable. [HL1210]
§ Lord Falconer of ThorotonThere are 38.9 million full and provisional valid driving licence records held at DVLA (10.2 million for photocards and 28.7 million for paper licences). None of these licences is machine-readable. However, DVLA intends to look at this aspect as a future development.