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Driving Tests: Somerset

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average waiting time and (b) longest waiting time for driving tests in Somerset was in each of the last ten years.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
17 Jul 2024
Target answer date
22 Jul 2024
Answer
23 Jul 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average waiting time and (b) longest waiting time for driving tests in Somerset was in each of the last ten years.

  2. 22 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards. As of 15 July 2024, there were 531,704 car practical driving tests booked, and 91,306 driving tes...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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