Question follow-through · 84958

Driving Tests: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to publish the (a) findings of and (b) next steps from its consultation entitled Improving car driving test booking rules, published on 28 May 2025.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 24 Oct 2025
Target answer date: 28 Oct 2025
Answer: 3 Nov 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

24 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to publish the (a) findings of and (b) next steps from its consultation entitled Improving car driving test booking rules, published on 28 May 2025.
28 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Nov 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...

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