Consultation outcome

Amending the Road Traffic Act 1988 to allow registered healthcare professionals to complete DVLA medical questionnaires

From:
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and Department for Transport
Published
8 November 2021
Last updated
12 May 2022 — See all updates
This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Consultation report and summary of responses: amending the Road Traffic Act 1988 to allow registered healthcare professionals to complete DVLA medical questionnaires

PDF, 268 KB, 23 pages

Legislative Reform (Provision of Information etc. Relating to Disabilities) Order 2022 - Explanatory Document

PDF, 221 KB, 9 pages

The draft affirmative Legislative Reform (Provision of Information etc. Relating to Disabilities) Order 2022

PDF, 83.4 KB, 3 pages

De-Minimis Assessment

PDF, 151 KB, 18 pages

Appendix 1 - Department for Transport Public Consultation respondents

PDF, 76.4 KB, 3 pages

Appendix 2 - Consultation questions

PDF, 178 KB, 10 pages

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Adroddiad ar yr ymgynghoriad a chrynodeb o’r ymatebion: diwygio’r Ddeddf Traffig Ffyrdd 1988 i ganiatáu i weithwyr gofal iechyd proffesiynol cofrestredig gwblhau holiaduron meddygol DVLA

PDF, 428 KB, 23 pages

Y Gorchymyn Diwygio Deddfwriaethol (Darparu Gwybodaeth ac ati Sy’n Berthnasol i Anableddau) 2022 – Dogfen Esboniadol

PDF, 159 KB, 9 pages

Asesiad De Minimis

PDF, 174 KB, 18 pages

Detail of outcome

On 12 May 2022, the government published a consultation report and summary of responses received for its consultation on proposals to amend the Road Traffic Act 1988 to allow registered healthcare professionals to complete DVLA medical questionnaires.

This document also outlines the government’s response to the consultation.

Alongside this, the government published:

  • The draft affirmative Legislative Reform (Provision of Information etc Relating to Disabilities) Order 2022
  • Explanatory document
  • De-Minimis assessment

Appendices:

  1. Department for Transport Public Consultation respondents
  2. Consultation questions

Original consultation

Summary

This consultation seeks your views on changing the Road Traffic Act 1988, as amended, to enable healthcare professionals other than registered medical practitioners (doctors with full General Medical Council (GMC) registration) to complete DVLA medical questionnaires.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

This change will apply in England, Scotland and Wales only. Driver licensing is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland.

Documents

DVLA LRO consultation and De Minimis assessment

PDF, 397 KB, 32 pages

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Ymgynghoriad LRO ac Asesiad De Minimis DVLA

PDF, 442 KB, 34 pages

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Updates to this page

Published 8 November 2021
Last updated 12 May 2022 + show all updates

  1. Government’ response to the consultation.

  2. First published.

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