Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 63160

Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

Tabled: 26 June 2025
Answered: 3 July 2025

Question

Ian Roome

Liberal DemocratNorth Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for driving tests; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of waiting times on driving test (a) candidates and (b) examiners.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
The 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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