Question follow-through · 28082
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the failure-to-attend rate for practical car driving tests was in each month since May 2026.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 8 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the failure-to-attend rate for practical car driving tests was in each month since May 2026.
15 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Sept 2026
Answer published
The answer to question 16746, 13 July 2026, provides data on the failure to attend (FTA) rate for car practical driving tests in June 2026. In July 2026, the FTA rate was 2.8% and in August 2026 it was 2.9%.The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency monitors...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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