Written questions

Driving Tests: Applications

Commons · Question 10313 · Tabled 21 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 28 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the number of times a driving test can be re-booked, in the context of recent trends in the usage of automated bots to block book dr

Answer

Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 28 Oct 2024

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA’s) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards.As of 21 October 2024, there were 567,344 car practical driving tests booked, and 84,092 driving...