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Driving Tests: Gosport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of driving tests within (a) half an hour, (b) an hour and (c) two hours travel of the Gosport peninsula.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
22 Oct 2024
Target answer date
24 Oct 2024
Answer
29 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of driving tests within (a) half an hour, (b) an hour and (c) two hours travel of the Gosport peninsula.

  2. 24 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 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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