Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 41992

Community Transport: Driving Tests

Tabled: 27 March 2025

Answered: 2 April 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral answer to the hon. Member for Newton Abbot of 27 March 2025, what the evidential basis is for the statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport that up to 30%

Answer

Lilian Greenwood

The statistic of up to 30% of drivers failing the D1 driving test is quoted in the 2022 Driving Licensing Call for Evidence. It is based on data from April 2016 to September 2021, where tests were conducted by DVSA examiners only.Driving test, theory test...

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