Driving Tests
(asked on 1st September 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time for a driving test was in each year since 2010.
The average waiting time for a driving test (measured in weeks) in each year since 2010 was:
| Vehicle Type | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 |
| Car | 7.9 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
| Motorcycle Mod 1 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 2.0 |
| Motorcycle Mod 2 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.2 |
| Vocational | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| ADI part 2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| ADI part 3 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency measures the average waiting times by financial year not calendar year. The waiting times for Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) part 2 and part 3 tests were not measured separately until 2011/2012.
For 2010/11 and 2012/13 all waiting times were service standards and for the 2011/12 amd 2013/14 they were internal measures. The targets (in weeks) are included in the table below.
| Vehicle Type | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 |
| Car | 6.0 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Motorcycle Mod 1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Motorcycle Mod 2 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Vocational | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| ADI part 2 and part 3 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 |