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Provides vehicle category structures with descriptions and minimum driver ages for licensing purposes, including categories A/A1, B (manual/automatic), B+E, B1, F, and H. Includes a key note on changes from 16 December 2021 regarding towing entitlements, trailer safety responsibilities, and rules for provisional entitlements such as for 16-year-old drivers. 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The note emphasizes that responsibilities remain and the trailer must still be towed safely.",{"name":120,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":121},"When do you not need Driver CPC under the guide’s agricultural/business criteria?",{"text":122,"@type":114},"Driver CPC is not needed when driving for a work employer or for the driver’s own agriculture, horticulture, forestry, farming, or fisheries business, as long as driving is less than 30% of rolling monthly work.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":125,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":127,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":129,"site_id":62},388479,1790604852,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":132},{"doc_id":129,"user_id":133,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":134,"doc_module":4,"category_id":19,"category_name":20,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":135,"file_id":136,"file_url":137,"file_type":138,"file_size":139,"view_count":105,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":39,"language":140,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":144,"read_time":46,"preview_page_count":4},1374391974585,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_276721f389ce27ea32af1340a28f341c","The following information is provided as a quick reference guide to the most common problems encountered at the roadside by DVSA and the Police.  \nDriving Licences and CPC requirements.  \nCategories and Sub-Categories of Vehicle for Licensing Purposes and Applicable Minimum Ages for Driving  \n\n| Category or subcategory | Description of Vehicle\u003Cbr> and Minimum Driver Ages) | Additional categories and sub-categories |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| A\u003Cbr>A1 | Motor bicycles\u003Cbr>(Age 17: up to 25kW (33bhp) and a power to weight ratio not exceeding 0. 16kW/kg. Also, motorcycle combination with a power to weight ratio not exceeding 0. 16kW/kg.\u003Cbr>Age 21 or 2 years from the date of passing the standard Category A test: any size motorcycle with or without asidecar))\u003Cbr>a sub-category of category A comprising learner motor bicycles.\u003Cbr>(Age 17: Light motorcycles with a cc not exceeding 125cc and a power not exceeding 11kW (14.6 bhp). | B1, K and P\u003Cbr>P |\n| B\u003Cbr>(or) B Automatic | Motor vehicles, other than vehicles included in category A, F, K or P, having a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 3500 kgs. and not more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat, including: | F, K and P\u003Cbr>|\n| B+E | Combinations of a motor vehicle and trailer where the towing vehicle is in category B, but the combination does not fall within that category. (Age: 17)\u003Cbr>See Note at end of table. | \u003Cbr>None |\n\n\n| Category or\u003Cbr>sub-category | Description of Vehicle\u003Cbr> and Minimum Driver Ages) | Additional categories and sub-categories |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| B1 | A sub-category of category B comprising motor vehicles having three or four wheels and an unladen weight not exceeding 550 kgs. (Including Motor Tricycles and Quad Bikes)\u003Cbr>(Age 17 or 16 if currently in receipt of Disability Living Allowance at the higher rate (mobility component)) | \u003Cbr>K and P |\n| F | Agricultural or forestry tractors, including any such vehicle drawing a trailer but excluding any motor vehicle included in category H.\u003Cbr>(Age 17 but 16 for tractors less than 2.45m wide. This must only pull trailers less than 2.45m wide with two wheels or four close coupled) . | K\u003Cbr>|\n| H | Track-laying vehicles steered by their tracks.(Aged 21) | None\u003Cbr>|\n\nNote: -From 16 December 2021  \nDrivers who passed their car driving test from 1 January 1997 are now allowed to tow trailers up to 3,500kg maximum authorised mass (MAM) without passing an additional car and trailer test.  \nAlthough the law on who can tow a trailer has changed, their responsibilities have not, so we’re reminding everyone that whatever they’re towing, make it SAFE:  \nService – has it been serviced recently?  \nAir in tyres – check pressure, tread depth and condition.  \nFit the breakaway cable or safety chain and check electrical connections.  \nExamine lights, mirrors, load and weight limit, and do the jockey wheel test.  \nDVLA will update affected driving licence records to reflect the changes.  \nThe car and trailer category (B+E) will be added to the driving licence when a new photocard driving licence is [issued.](issued. Go to www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence-enter driving)[ Go to](issued. Go to www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence-enter driving)[ ](issued. Go to www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence-enter driving)[www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence](issued. Go to www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence-enter driving)[-](issued. Go to www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence-enter driving)[enter driving](issued. Go to www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence-enter driving) licence number,  \nnational insurance number and post code on your driving licence to ensure that Category B+E has been added as an entitlement before you tow a trailer.  \nRemember a 16 year can hold a Provisional Driving Licence for Category F vehicles – You can only drive the vehicle on a public road with ‘L’ Plates displayed to and from your driving test. If  \nthere is a passenger seat fitted, then you must have a suitably qualified driver in that seat – over 21 and held the appropriate licence ","cbCais738yTWg7bu","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCais738yTWg7bu","pdf",337891,"English","# Vehicle licensing categories and minimum driver ages\n## Key categories (A/A1, B, B+E, B1, F, H)\n## Towing and entitlement changes from 16 December 2021\n## Trailer safety responsibilities\n## Driver CPC exemptions for agriculture and related work","[{\"question\":\"What are the minimum ages for common vehicle licence categories like A, B, B1, F, and H?\",\"answer\":\"The guide lists minimum driver ages per category, including A/A1 for motorcycles, B for standard vehicles (with conditions), B1 for smaller four-wheel vehicles, F for agricultural/forestry tractors, and H for track-laying vehicles.\"},{\"question\":\"What towing entitlement change took effect from 16 December 2021?\",\"answer\":\"Drivers who passed their car test from 1 January 1997 can tow trailers up to 3,500kg maximum authorised mass without an additional car-and-trailer test. The note emphasizes that responsibilities remain and the trailer must still be towed safely.\"},{\"question\":\"When do you not need Driver CPC under the guide’s agricultural/business criteria?\",\"answer\":\"Driver CPC is not needed when driving for a work employer or for the driver’s own agriculture, horticulture, forestry, farming, or fisheries business, as long as driving is less than 30% of rolling monthly work.\"}]","Driving Licence and CPC Requirements - Vehicle Categories and Minimum Driver Ages | PDF",1790304493]