Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 93125
Driving Tests: Standards
Tabled: 20 November 2025
Answered: 28 November 2025
Question
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the national average car driving test waiting time is in weeks in October 2025.
Answer
Simon LightwoodThe national average waiting time for a car practical driving test in October 2025 was 21.9 weeks.
There were four test centres in total where the waiting time for a practical car driving test was 24 weeks for each month from July 2023 to October 2025. Those test centres are Bletchley, Goodmayes, Pinner and Wanstead.