Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 112847

Driving Tests

Tabled: 11 February 2026

Answered: 23 February 2026

Named Day

Question

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

Simon Lightwood

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...

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