Oral QuestionMinistry of Justice

“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”

Tabled: 3 November 2021Answered: 9 November 2021

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Justice

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Lilian Greenwood)

Last month, the Secretary of State announced further measures to tackle the unacceptable driving test backlog, including doubling training capacity for driving test examiners and offering overtime pay incentives to provide extra tests. That will create up to 10,000 extra tests a month. We are determined to get Britain’s drivers moving.