Question follow-through · 35373
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support she is providing to the DVSA to improve the recruitment of driving instructors and reduce driving test waiting times.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support she is providing to the DVSA to improve the recruitment of driving instructors and reduce driving test waiting times.
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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11 Mar 2025
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. On the 18 December, DVSA set out further plans to reduce driving test waiting times a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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