Question follow-through · 94892
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to conduct an impact assessment of the DVSA’s policy to restrict driving instructors from booking test appointments.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 26 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 5 Dec 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to conduct an impact assessment of the DVSA’s policy to restrict driving instructors from booking test appointments.
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Dec 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.The measures the Secretary of State f...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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