New Driving Licence - application says have you lived outside of the UK in the last 12months - does this mean?

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DS has been in the US for 4 months the question is

Have you lived outside of the UK in the last 12 months?

Does it mean WITHIN the last 12 months

OR

For 12 months?

The first one.

So yes he has for 4 months