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Driving Tests: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of when the average waiting time for driving tests will be below seven weeks.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 12 Nov 2025
Target answer date: 17 Nov 2025
Answer: 21 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

12 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of when the average waiting time for driving tests will be below seven weeks.
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Nov 2025
Answer published
There are several factors driving higher demand for tests, and it is not currently possible to say when waiting times will reduce to 7-weeks or fewer. The Secretary of State will be working closely with DVSA in addressing this important issue. In the comi...

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