Tom Blenkinsop – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

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.