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Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for driving tests; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of waiting times on driving test (a) candidates and (b) examiners.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
26 Jun 2025
Target answer date
30 Jun 2025
Answer
3 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for driving tests; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of waiting times on driving test (a) candidates and (b) examiners.

  2. 30 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Jul 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 23 April, the Secretary of State for Transport appeared before the Transport S...

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