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Driving Tests: Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is taking to reduce waiting times for practical tests in Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
24 Jul 2024
Target answer date
26 Jul 2024
Answer
30 Jul 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is taking to reduce waiting times for practical tests in Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.

  2. 26 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards. To increase the number of available test slots, it is conducting tests outside of regular hours, inclu...

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