Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2021 to Question 140769, how critical workers who cannot work from home can (a) take their full motorcylce test and (b) renew their Compulsory Basic Training while test centres are closed during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is making available a practical testing service in England for mobile emergency workers who need to ride a motorcycle as part of their job.

The DVSA is not accepting requests for mobile emergency worker tests direct from individuals. Those employing mobile emergency workers need to apply to the DVSA for their existing test to be conducted earlier as a mobile emergency worker test; the DVSA has contacted organisations eligible to tell them how to do this.

Learner motorcyclists meeting the mobile emergency worker criteria and who have a valid compulsory basic training (CBT) certificate and wish to apply for a motorcycle licence are eligible for the mobile emergency worker service.

Learner motorcyclists whose CBT certificate has expired are unable to renew it during the current restrictions. They will not be able take a practical motorcycle test until conditions allow CBT to re-start and they have acquired a fresh CBT certificate.