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Driving Tests: Essex and Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for practical driving tests in (a) Greater London and (b) Essex.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
4 Nov 2024
Target answer date
6 Nov 2024
Answer
8 Nov 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for practical driving tests in (a) Greater London and (b) Essex.

  2. 6 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. Measures in place to reduce waiting times for customers at all driving test centres, ...

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