Written questions

Driving Tests: Gosport

Commons · Question 70415 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 3 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Dame Caroline Dinenage

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of driving tests within (a) half an hour, (b) an hour and (c) two hours travel of the Gosport peninsula.

Answer

Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 3 Sep 2025

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA’s) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards.As of 1 September 2025, there were 640,907 car practical driving tests booked, and 30,339 drivin...