Select committee: Transport Committee
Recommendation 3
Fourth report: Road safety: young and novice drivers
Published 2 Mar 2021
Paragraph 42
Addressed to Department for Transport
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
Every individual’s circumstances and natural skill, aptitude and experience and level of competence to drive a car or vehicle is varied. However, we are concerned that intensive driving courses may not provide learner drivers with adequate driving experience prior to passing their test. We recommend that the Department conducts research to investigate whether drivers who pass their test after undertaking intensive driving lessons are at increased risk of being involved in a crash in their first two years of driving.
From: Transport Committee, Fourth report: Road safety: young and novice drivers (HC 169), paragraph 42, 2 March 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 13 May 2021 (deadline 2 May 2021).
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.The Government answers the Committee's nine recommendations "in as much detail as we can provide", agreeing with some, declining others, and giving later dates for several updates.
- On Graduated Driver Licensing, the Department "will not be commissioning any research into the social and economic consequences of GDL" and has "no plans to conduct research on or implement any form of a Graduated Driving License at this time".
- On intensive driving lessons, it agrees further study "may be useful" and will consider whether research should be part of the 2022/23 research programme, as this year's projects have already been agreed by Ministers.
- It can update the Committee on Driver 2020 in July 2021 but will have no findings by then; initial findings on telematics and the mentor agreement are expected in Spring 2022, with final findings in Spring 2023.
- On the modular learning pilot, it states it will not have an assessment against the criteria by October 2021, and expects to provide information on effectiveness by Spring 2023.