Question follow-through · 19500
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency uses to determine the allocation of practical driving test appointments across test centres; and whether he has plans to review that allocation to improve a
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2026 · 48 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency uses to determine the allocation of practical driving test appointments across test centres; and whether he has plans to review that allocation to improve a
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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2 Sept 2026
Answer published
The number of tests available to book at any given driving test centre (DTC) is based on the number of driving examiners (DE) available to conduct tests at that DTC. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is committed to providing its customers, i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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