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Commons · Question 7078 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 11 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Clive Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the amount of time before a driving theory test expires.

Answer

Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 11 Oct 2024

It is important road safety knowledge and hazard perception skills are up-to- date at the critical point a person drives unsupervised for the first time.The maximum duration of two years between passing the theory test and a subsequent practical test is i...