Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 7078

Driving Tests

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 11 October 2024

Question

Clive Jones

Liberal DemocratWokingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the amount of time before a driving theory test expires.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
It is important road safety knowledge and hazard perception skills are up-to- date at the critical point a person drives unsupervised for the first time.The maximum duration of two years between passing the theory test and a subsequent practical test is i...

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