Question follow-through · 73853
Driving Tests: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of waiting times for driving tests on people seeking a driving licence.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of waiting times for driving tests on people seeking a driving licence.
3 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 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 S...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Possible follow-up questions
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Borders Railway Line
20 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the planned £5 million towards the feasibility study for the extension of the Borders Railway to Hawick and Carlisle has been released to Scottish Borders Council.
Driving Tests: Scottish Borders
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time is for driving tests at (a) Hawick, (b) Galashiels, (c) Kelso, (d) Duns and (e) Berwick-On-Tweed test centres.