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Driving Tests: Ashford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help reduce driving test waiting times in Ashford constituency.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
17 Oct 2024
Target answer date
23 Oct 2024
Answer
23 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 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 Ashford constituency.

  2. 23 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 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...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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