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Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

Commons · Question 57922 · Tabled 5 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 12 Jun 2025

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Asked by Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the validity period of theory test pass certificates for learner drivers who are unable to book a practical driving test within the curren

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Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 12 Jun 2025

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 in...