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Driving Tests: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to stop learner drivers from using third parties to book their driving tests.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
15 Oct 2025
Answer
20 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to stop learner drivers from using third parties to book their driving tests.

  2. 15 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    To ensure fairness for everyone wanting to book a practical driving test, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) continues to work hard to combat the unscrupulous practice of reselling tests across the country, including in the Dunfermline and Dol...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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