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Driving Tests: Rural Areas

Commons · Question 25575 · Tabled 21 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 27 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of theory driving tests in rural areas.

Answer

Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 27 Jan 2025

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) network of theory test centres is designed to ensure that candidates across Great Britain are within 40 mins (urban) or 40 miles (rural) of a theory test centre. In 2021 the new theory test service increased ...