United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL10124
Driving Licences: Sex
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2 September 2025
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12 September 2025 · Answer
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12 September 2025
Summary
To ask His Majesty's Government whether driving licence numbers are adjusted or encoded to reflect the sex of the licence holder; and if so, how.
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2 September 2025
Written question
To ask His Majesty's Government whether driving licence numbers are adjusted or encoded to reflect the sex of the licence holder; and if so, how.
Source: Lords
12 September 2025
Answer
A driving licence number reflects the gender of the licence holder as notified to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). The seventh character of the number will be a zero or one if the driver record shows the licence holder is male, and five or...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-09-02/HL10124
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1831677
- uk · wq-1831677 · source updated 12 September 2025