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Driving Tests: Birmingham

Commons · Question 50816 · Tabled 7 May 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 15 May 2025

Question

Asked by Ayoub Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many eligible (a) managers and (b) administrative staff will be deployed as driving test examiners in (i) Birmingham and (ii) Birmingham (Kingstanding) Test Centre through the DVSA Additional Testing Award

Answer

Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 15 May 2025

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. The average waiting time in April 2025 for a car practical driving test at Birmingham...