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Driving Tests: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to stop automated systems from booking driving test slots for financial gain.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
30 Aug 2024
Target answer date
3 Sept 2024
Answer
9 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Aug 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to stop automated systems from booking driving test slots for financial gain.

  2. 3 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Sept 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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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Railways: Concessions

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Railways: West Berkshire

21 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to help restore direct off-peak Paddington services to (a) Hungerford and (b) Kintbury.

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A34: Safety

21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve road safety on slip roads on the A34 in Newbury.

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A34: Safety

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A34: Safety

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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Roads: Newbury

7 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to increase funding for (a) road maintenance and (b) pothole repairs in Newbury.

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Driving Tests

5 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on making at least 10,000 extra driving tests available each month.

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10 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will work with National Highways to ensure that runoff from the M4 does not pollute the chalk streams in Newbury.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

A34: Road Signs and Markings

26 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps with National Highways to introduce new (a) signage and (b) road markings to improve visibility on the A34.