WESTMINSTER RADAR
Search
My MPs
Menu

Question follow-through · 110603

Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will provide, for each driving test centre in Great Britain, the car practical driving test waiting time in weeks in January 2026.

answeredDepartment for Transport

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
3 Feb 2026
Target answer date
9 Feb 2026
Answer
12 Feb 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Transport

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will provide, for each driving test centre in Great Britain, the car practical driving test waiting time in weeks in January 2026.

  2. 9 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The attached Excel document shows the average waiting time in weeks, in January 2026, for a car practical driving test at all driving test centres (DTC) in Great Britain.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Taxis: CCTV

4 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to require in-vehicle CCTV in licensed taxis and private hire vehicles.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Driving: Older People

5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of increasing the number of vision checks required for drivers aged over 70 on road safety.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Driving: Eyesight

5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help support public awareness of the Don’t Swerve a Sight Test campaign.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Driving: Eyesight

5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the optical sector on (a) proposals to modernise driver vision testing and (b) any other proposals to strengthen road safety standards.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Shipping: Government Assistance

5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support the maritime sector.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

10 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2026 to Question 108807, what progress her Department has made towards the 2030 public electric vehicle charge point target.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Department for Transport: Civil Servants

11 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, since 1 January 2024, how many additional employees have been recruited by DFT Operator Limited (DFTO) on a headcount basis; and what the net change in total employee headcount at DFTO has been in each quarter

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Driving Tests

11 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, a) how many additional practical car driving tests were delivered by DVSA in each month since July 2024 compared with the same months in the previous year; b) of those additional tests, how many were delivered

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Driving Tests

11 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, a) what the failure-to-attend rate for practical car driving tests was in each month since January 2024; and b) whether the Department has assessed the impact on failure-to-attend rates of the change introduced

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the car practical driving test waiting time was in weeks in each driving test centre in Great Britain in each month since 4 July 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Motorcycles: Safety

24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessments her Department has made of the potential impact of wire rope safety barriers on the safety of motorcyclists; and whether any research has been conducted into this area.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Great British Railways: Finance

24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2026 to Question 108458, what measures within the Support for Rail Passenger Services budget line will generate £199 million; and if she will publish a breakdown of the ind