| Heading: |
Driving: Health |
| Question ID: |
1745838 |
| UIN: |
17055 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-29 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5288 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Al Pinkerton
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Dr Al Pinkerton
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that medically unfit drivers are (a) identified and (b) reported effectively. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-05 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4029 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lilian Greenwood
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| Answering Member handle: |
LilianGreenwood
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@LilianGreenwood
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| Answer text: |
The law requires all driving licence holders to notify the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) of any medical condition that could affect their fitness to drive and failure to do so is an offence. When a driver declares a medical condition to the D... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |