The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Blenkinsop on 2014-04-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions practical driving tests have been appealed to magistrates’ and sheriff courts in each year since 2008; how many such appeals were upheld; and for what reasons.
Stephen Hammond
Since 2008 DVSA holds record of 12 practical driving test appeals that have come before the magistrate’s court; we have no record of any practical driving test appeals that have come before the Sheriff’s court. None of these appeals were upheld as detailed in the chart below.
| Date and place of hearing | Under S90 or S133 RTA | Outcome |
| 11.06.2008 – Croydon | S133 | Dismissed |
| 27.01.2009 – Bexley Heath | S90 | Dismissed |
| 25.03.2009 – Caernarfon | S133 | Withdrawn |
| 01/06/2009 – UNKNOWN | S90 | Settled without prejudice prior to hearing |
| 15.07.2009 Leicester | S90 | Dismissed |
| 31.07.2009 Leicester | S133 | Withdrawn |
| 5.11.2010 – UNKNOWN | S90 | Failed to attend preliminary hearing |
| 28.02.2011 Coventry | S133 | Withdrawn |
| 13.09.2011 Sheffield | S90 | Not upheld |
| 26.07.2012 Wakefield | S90 | Cancelled preliminary hearing |
| 02.08.2012 Bournemouth | S90 | Withdrawn |
| 11.11.2013 Wolverhampton | S133 | Withdrawn at hearing on judge’s advice |