| Heading: |
Driving Tests: Waiting Lists |
| Question ID: |
1795086 |
| UIN: |
46434 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5214 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Brian Mathew
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| Asking Member handle: |
BrianMathewLD
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@BrianMathewLD
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take to reduce the backlog of drivers waiting for a driving test. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-29 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4029 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lilian Greenwood
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| Answering Member handle: |
LilianGreenwood
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@LilianGreenwood
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| Answer text: |
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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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |