Question follow-through · 42149
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) prevent third-party brokers from bulk-booking driving test slots via the DVSA online system and (b) to reduce waiting times for learner drivers in rural areas.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 27 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 31 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 2 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) prevent third-party brokers from bulk-booking driving test slots via the DVSA online system and (b) to reduce waiting times for learner drivers in rural areas.
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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2 Apr 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 2024, DVSA set out further plans to reduce driving test waiting ti...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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