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Driving Instruction: Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) recruiting new driving instructors and (b) opening new test centres in the Surrey Heath constituency.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
21 Jan 2025
Target answer date
23 Jan 2025
Answer
23 Jan 2025 · 2 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) recruiting new driving instructors and (b) opening new test centres in the Surrey Heath constituency.

  2. 23 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    On the 18 December, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) set out further plans to reduce driving test waiting times across the country. These steps include recruiting 450 driving examiners (DEs). Full details of these steps can be found on GOV.U...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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