Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how may emergency driving tests were undertaken by essential workers during the suspension of regular tests as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
Between the period 23 March 2020 and 19 June 2020, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency conducted 5,967 emergency tests for critical workers:
Test category | Tests conducted |
Motorcycle tests | 124 |
Vocational tests | 584 |
Car tests | 5259 |
| 5967 |