Question follow-through · 17690
Driving Tests: Blackpool North and Fleetwood
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of practical driving tests in Blackpool North and Fleetwood constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 3 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 6 Dec 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of practical driving tests in Blackpool North and Fleetwood constituency.
6 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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6 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards. Measures in place to reduce waiting times for customers at all driving test centres (DTC), includ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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