Question follow-through · 8348
Driving Tests: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the capacity of DVLA test centres in (a) London and (b) Barking constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 9 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the capacity of DVLA test centres in (a) London and (b) Barking constituency.
14 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
The table below shows the number of tests available and the current average waiting time at Barking driving test centre (DTC), and other London DTCs near the Barking constituency, as of 7 October 2024. Driving test centre (DTC)Average car practical drivi...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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