Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing language translation services during UK driving tests for asylum seekers.

A full consultation was undertaken between 5 February 2013 and 2 April 2013 to look at whether voiceover and interpreter facilities should be withdrawn for driving test candidates whose first language was not English.

Following the outcome of the consultation, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency withdrew the facility for driving test candidates to use voiceovers during theory tests and interpreters during theory and practical tests on 7 April 2014.