Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 70983

Driving Tests

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will consider the potential merits of extending the validity period for driving theory tests to three years.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
The maximum duration of two years between passing the theory test and a subsequent practical test is in place to ensure a customer’s road safety knowledge and ability to identify developing hazards is current. This validity period is set in legislation, a...
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