Question follow-through · 50750
Driving Tests: Guildford and Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of time taken for driving tests in (a) Farnborough, (b) Basingstoke and (c) Guildford; and what steps she is taking to help reduce the backlog of those tests.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 7 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 15 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of time taken for driving tests in (a) Farnborough, (b) Basingstoke and (c) Guildford; and what steps she is taking to help reduce the backlog of those tests.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
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15 May 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.DVSA does not employ driving instructors. Whilst DVSA does not have the power to eithe...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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