Question follow-through · 53768

Driving Tests: Somerset

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for a practical driving test in Somerset in each of the last five years, by driving test centre

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Department for Transport
Tabled
20 May 2025
Target answer date
2 Jun 2025
Answer
2 Jun 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for a practical driving test in Somerset in each of the last five years, by driving test centre

  2. 2 Jun 2025

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  3. 2 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The table below shows the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time for a practical driving test in each of the last five years, by driving test centre (DTC) in Somerset.Somerset Taunton2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25 Average10.916.716.816.521.9 Long...

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