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Driving Tests: Heysham and Kendal

Commons · Question 70077 · Tabled 22 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 5 Sep 2025

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Asked by Lizzi Collinge

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of driving tests in (a) Kendal and (b) Heysham; and what steps her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for practi

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Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 5 Sep 2025

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is aware that car practical driving test waiting times remain high and understands the impact this is having on learner drivers. DVSA is continuing to recruit as many driving examiners (DE) as possible, inclu...