Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October to Question 102858 on Driving Tests: Coronavirus, how many theory test certificates expired during the 6 months following the passing of the Coronavirus Act 2020 without the candidate sitting their practical test within the required timescale; and what the comparable figures are for the same six month period in the previous three years.
A total of 99,892 theory test certificates expired during the 6 months following the passing of the Coronavirus Act 2020 without a practical test being passed.
The table below shows the comparable figures for the same 6-month period in the previous 3 years are as follows:
2019 | 97,573 |
2018 | 96,378 |
2017 | 89,462 |