Question follow-through · 9585
Driving Tests: Kent
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help reduce driving test waiting times in (a) Medway and (b) Kent.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 16 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 21 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help reduce driving test waiting times in (a) Medway and (b) Kent.
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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21 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA’s) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards.DVSA continues to take measures to increase test availability. These include the recruitment of ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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