Driving Tests
Commons · Question 112847 · Tabled 11 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, a) what the failure-to-attend rate for practical car driving tests was in each month since January 2024; and b) whether the Department has assessed the impact on failure-to-attend rates of the change introduced
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 23 Feb 2026
The attached Excel spreadsheet shows failure-to-attends (FTA) as a percentage of the total number of bookings for each month since January 2024. DVSA monitors failure to attend rates and consider potential causes of those rates changing, together with pot...