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Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on reducing driving test waiting times.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
14 Mar 2025
Answer
18 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on reducing driving test waiting times.

  2. 14 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 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...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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