Driving Tests: Hampshire and Surrey
Question
Dr Al Pinkerton
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting period is between failing a driving test and being able to book a re-test at test centres in (a) Surrey and (b) Hampshire.
Answer
Simon LightwoodThe average waiting time in weeks for a practical driving at test in October for test centres in (a) Surrey and (b) Hampshire is shown below.
Basingstoke – 9.5 weeks
Chertsey – 24 weeks
Farnborough - 24 weeks
Guildford - 24 weeks
Lee on Solent – 24 weeks
Mitcham – 24 weeks
Newport (Isle of Wight) – 24 weeks
Portsmouth – 24 weeks
Redhill – 24 weeks
Southampton – 24 weeks
Tolworth – 24 weeks
West Wickam – 24 weeks
Winchester – 24 weeks
Every candidate has an equally important reason for wanting to take and pass their practical driving test. DVSA does not prioritise those candidates who have taken a practical driving test and been unsuccessful over those candidates taking their test for the first time.