Question follow-through · 26270
Driving Tests: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress her Department has made on reducing waiting times for practical driving tests.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress her Department has made on reducing waiting times for practical driving tests.
3 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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9 Sept 2026
Answer published
As the Minister for Roads, I regularly meet with officials from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to discuss these, and other issues. In April 2025, the Government announced a package of measures to reduce practical car test waiting times and...
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