Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help increase access to driving tests in the Newton Abbot constituency.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times.

On the 23 April, the Secretary of State for Transport appeared before the Transport Select Committee and announced that DVSA will take further actions to reduce waiting times for all customers across Great Britain.

Further information on these actions and progress on the DVSA’s 7-point plan, which was set out last year, can be found on GOV.UK.

As well as the above measures, at Newton Abbot driving test centre (DTC) DVSA continue to provide as many tests as possible. The DTC currently has a driving examiner (DE) on temporary duty to add additional capacity. DEs also continue to provide overtime tests at weekends at the DTC.