Question follow-through · 71257
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of booking driving tests.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of booking driving tests.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 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 Se...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Taxis: Licensing
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