Question follow-through · 100191
Driving Tests: Dumfries and Galloway
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average wait time is for a driving test at the a) Stranraer, b) Newton Stewart and c) Castle Douglas driving test centres.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 15 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 18 Dec 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average wait time is for a driving test at the a) Stranraer, b) Newton Stewart and c) Castle Douglas driving test centres.
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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18 Dec 2025
Answer published
The average waiting time for a practical driving test at Stranraer, Newton Stewart and Castle Douglas is 24 weeks. These test centres are all remote outstations served by driving examiners from the main test centres of Stranraer and Newton Stewart one day...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Driving Tests: Dumfries and Galloway
24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time is for driving tests at (a) Dumfries, (b) Stranraer, (c) Castle Douglas, and (d) Newton Stewart test centres.