Question follow-through · 108826
Driving Tests: Eastleigh
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for a driving test in Eastleigh constituency in each of the last ten years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 27 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for a driving test in Eastleigh constituency in each of the last ten years.
29 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2026
Answer published
The attached Excel Spreadsheet shows the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time in weeks at driving test centres (DTC) that serve the Eastleigh constituency, for the financial years 2015/16 to the financial year to date (YTD).
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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