Question follow-through · 100436

Driving Tests: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the national average waiting time in weeks was for a practical car driving test in (a) November 2025 and (b) October 2025.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
16 Dec 2025
Target answer date
18 Dec 2025
Answer
22 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the national average waiting time in weeks was for a practical car driving test in (a) November 2025 and (b) October 2025.

  2. 18 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The national average waiting time for a car practical driving test in November 2025 was 22 weeks. For the national average waiting time in October 2025, I refer the hon Member to the answers I gave on 28 November and 8 December, to Questions 93246 and 96...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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