Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 58366
Driving Tests: Rural Areas
Tabled: 9 June 2025
Answered: 17 June 2025
Question
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of long waiting times for driving tests on social and economic mobility of young people in (a) Mid Bedfordshire and (b) other rural areas.
Answer
Lilian GreenwoodThe Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. On the 23 April, the Secretary of State for Transport appeared before the Transport S...
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