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Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is she taking to reduce waiting times for driving tests in (a) Eastleigh constituency and (b) other areas.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
4 Sept 2024
Target answer date
9 Sept 2024
Answer
10 Sept 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is she taking to reduce waiting times for driving tests in (a) Eastleigh constituency and (b) other areas.

  2. 9 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Sept 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 2 September 2024, there were 552,863 car practical driving tests booked, and 94,169 driving...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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