Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Tests

(asked on 18th February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to speed up the HGV driver testing process to reduce the time period between a person seeking work as a HGV driver and qualifying.


Answered by
Trudy Harrison Portrait
Trudy Harrison
This question was answered on 28th February 2022

Drivers must pass all four parts of the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (DCPC) tests to be issued with their Driver Qualification Card (DQC). There are no minimum waiting periods between each module. Most drivers take Module 1 (theory and hazard perception) and module 2 (case studies) together, complete their module 3 (practical test), and then take their module 4 (practical demonstration test) which can be completed with their training school.

Once module 4 is passed, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) send data to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) overnight. The DVLA target is to dispatch these cards one day after receiving the data. There are no delays to this service or in issuing the DQC which the driver should have within a week of passing their module 4 test. A driver can begin work as soon as they have their DQC card.

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