Question follow-through · 110910
Driving Tests: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for a driving test in each of the the test centres in the North East region in each of the last ten years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 4 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 11 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Feb 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 each of the the test centres in the North East region in each of the last ten years.
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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11 Feb 2026
Answer published
To aid retention and to encourage existing driving examiners (DE) to stay in role, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is making an exceptional payment of £5,000 to DEs and eligible roles (divided into two payments) over the next 12 months. By ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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