Driving Tests

(asked on 13th June 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many practical driving tests were booked via a third party agent for re-sale in 2022 as of 13 June.


Answered by
Trudy Harrison Portrait
Trudy Harrison
This question was answered on 21st June 2022

To prevent the booking and re-selling of driving test appointments, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has:

  • stopped accepting new automatic online registrations to use its tests booking service – any new applications must be made by email, where they’ll be thoroughly checked by the DVSA
  • stopped accepting any new registrations from companies who do not directly employ a driving instructor
  • removed registrations not linked to driving instructors
  • reduced the number of times a driving test appointment can be changed from 10 to the pre-pandemic limit of 6 - if changes are required after reaching this limit, approved driving instructors or candidates will have to cancel the test and rebook it.

Practical driving test appointments are only assigned to individuals wanting to take their driving test. There is no facility to allow the mass booking of driving tests, neither are practical car driving test slots allocated to, or reserved for, private companies.

As practical driving tests are booked against individuals, the DVSA does not hold data on how many were booked via a third-party.

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