Question follow-through · 13873
Driving Tests: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on preventing automated software programmes from buying driving test appointments.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 12 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on preventing automated software programmes from buying driving test appointments.
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Nov 2024
Answer published
To ensure fairness for everyone wanting to book a practical driving test, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) continues to work hard to combat the unscrupulous practice of reselling tests, often at significant profit. The agency encourages all ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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