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Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of waiting times for practical driving tests on the duration of the validity of driving theory tests.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
13 Jan 2025
Answer
14 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of waiting times for practical driving tests on the duration of the validity of driving theory tests.

  2. 13 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 14 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    It is important road safety knowledge and hazard perception skills are up to date at the critical point a person drives unsupervised for the first time.The maximum duration of two years between passing the theory test and a subsequent practical test is in...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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