Question follow-through · 81574
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what technological steps her Department is considering taking to restore the number of practical driving test bookings back to pre-covid levels.
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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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- Driving Licences · 23 Oct 2025
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Recorded timeline
13 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what technological steps her Department is considering taking to restore the number of practical driving test bookings back to pre-covid levels.
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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20 Oct 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. As set out in DVSA’s 2024/25 business plan, DVSA is beginning the process of replacin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Driving Licences
23 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people hold a valid (a) provisional and (b) full UK driving licence.
Driving Tests
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of setting up a whistleblowing route or digital hotline to allow driving instructors to report those who are reselling tests for profit.