Question follow-through · 91623
Driving Tests: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for the total number of people, broken by nationality, on the Department's Person of Interest List concerning individuals involved with taking payment to take driving tests on a third party's behalf.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 17 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 25 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
17 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for the total number of people, broken by nationality, on the Department's Person of Interest List concerning individuals involved with taking payment to take driving tests on a third party's behalf.
19 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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25 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) does not capture any information on nationalities at either the theory or practical driving tests. The DVSA has robust measures in place to stop people using false identities when taking a driving test. At th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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