Speeches

Richard Burden – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-05-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time for the driving theory test is in each region of England.

Andrew Jones

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has a target that 95% of candidates should be offered a booking for a driving theory test within two weeks of their preferred date. DVSA uses that target to measure the length of time candidates have to wait for a theory test.

At the time of writing, the national position, broken down by region, was as follows:

London and South East

97.12%

Midlands

99.46%

Northern

98.30%

Wales and Western

98.71% (figure includes England only)