Question follow-through · 117528
Driving Tests: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has her Department made on helping to reduce the waiting time for driving test appointments.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 9 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has her Department made on helping to reduce the waiting time for driving test appointments.
5 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. The agency is intensifying its efforts to reduce waiting times and improve access to ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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