Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 100191

Driving Tests: Dumfries and Galloway

Tabled: 15 December 2025
Answered: 18 December 2025

Question

John Cooper

ConservativeDumfries and Galloway

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average wait time is for a driving test at the a) Stranraer, b) Newton Stewart and c) Castle Douglas driving test centres.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The average waiting time for a practical driving test at Stranraer, Newton Stewart and Castle Douglas is 24 weeks. These test centres are all remote outstations served by driving examiners from the main test centres of Stranraer and Newton Stewart one day...

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