Question follow-through · 81529
Driving Tests: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of restricting the resale of driving tests on (a) levels of access to and (b) the cost of driving tests.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 13 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 3 Nov 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of restricting the resale of driving tests on (a) levels of access to and (b) the cost of driving tests.
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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3 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) understands the impact, including the financial implications, the reselling of practical driving tests is having on learner drivers.On 28 May, DVSA launched a public consultation on improving the rules for bo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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