Closed consultation

Amendments to licensing restrictions: bus, coach and heavy goods vehicles

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 11 April 2024

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

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Summary

Seeks views on the amendments to licensing restrictions to address bus, coach and HGV driver shortages.

This consultation ran from
1pm on 11 April 2024 to 11:59pm on 5 June 2024

Consultation description

To help address the issue of a shortage of available bus and coach drivers across Great Britain, we are seeking views on proposals to:

• remove the 50km restriction if bus and coach drivers aged 18 to 20 are driving a regular service
• allow a person to undertake the theory and off-road manoeuvres tests required to gain their driver certificate of professional competence (DCPC) before being granted a provisional bus, coach or heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver entitlement

We are aware that training and licensing are to some extent different between the passenger (bus and coach) and HGV sectors, but the second proposal could be applied to people doing tests for either type of driving.

Documents

Amendments to licensing restrictions: bus, coach and heavy goods vehicles (web version)

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-4735-9 , E03086255 , HC 1038

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Amendments to licensing restrictions: bus, coach and heavy goods vehicles (print version)

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-4735-9 , E03086255 , HC 1038

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Amendments to licensing restrictions: bus, coach and heavy goods vehicles (large print version)

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-4735-9 , E03086255 , HC 1038

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Amendments to licensing restrictions: bus, coach and heavy goods vehicles – impact assessment

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Published 11 April 2024