Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 83017

Driving Tests: Fees and Charges

Tabled: 17 October 2025
Answered: 23 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Sarah Green

Liberal DemocratChesham and Amersham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the total sums paid by learner drivers to DVLA for resitting their Theory Test because they have been unable to access a practical driving test before their previous certificate ex

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The validity period of the theory test certificate is two years. The cost of taking a theory test is £23.00. It is not possible to estimate the total sums paid by learner drivers for resitting their theory test because they have been unable to access a pr...

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