Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 81641

Driving Tests: Applications

Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Luke Murphy

LabourBasingstoke

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring a unique provisional driving licence number to book a driving test to help tackle the (a) bulk buying of driving tests by bot accounts and (b) r

Answer

Simon Lightwood
When booking a driving test every customer must provide their unique UK driving licence number. A driving licence number can be assigned to only one car practical driving test within the booking system at a time. DVSA encourages learner drivers to only us...

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