Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test centres are due to close over the next two years in each nation of the UK.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is committed to providing its customers with the best service possible. The DVSA continually reviews its estate to identify any test centres that could be closed, and services relocated to a nearby site.

The decision to close a test centre is made if the demand for testing can be absorbed at an existing nearby centre without reducing test capacity, cancelling tests or impacting on the DVSA’s recovery plan to reduce waiting times caused by the pandemic.