Community Transport: Driving Tests
Commons · Question 41992 · Tabled 27 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral answer to the hon. Member for Newton Abbot of 27 March 2025, what the evidential basis is for the statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport that up to 30%
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 2 Apr 2025
The statistic of up to 30% of drivers failing the D1 driving test is quoted in the 2022 Driving Licensing Call for Evidence. It is based on data from April 2016 to September 2021, where tests were conducted by DVSA examiners only.Driving test, theory test...