Driving Tests: Fees and Charges
(asked on 27th June 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of a practical driving test was in each year since 1995.
The table below shows the cost of a car practical driving test on weekdays (normal hours) and on evenings, weekends and bank holidays (out of hours), from 1 April 1994 to 30 March 2009. The table also shows the cost of an extended car practical driving test for disqualified drivers.
Please note that the cost of a car practical driving test has remained the same since 30 March 2009.
Car Practical Driving Tests - Cost (£)
Driving Test | Extended Test | |||
Date Introduced | Normal Hours | Out of Hours | Normal Hours | Out of Hours |
30-Mar-09 | 62.00 | 75.00 | 124.00 | 150.00 |
01-Apr-08 | 56.50 | 67.00 | 113.00 | 134.00 |
01-Apr-06 | 48.50 | 58.00 | 97.00 | 116.00 |
10-Aug-05 | 45.50 | 55.00 | 91.00 | 110.00 |
08-Dec-04 | 42.00 | 51.00 | 84.00 | 102.00 |
14-Nov-02 | 39.00 | 48.00 | 78.00 | 96.00 |
27-Aug-01 | 38.00 | 47.00 | 76.00 | 94.00 |
10-Feb-99 | 36.75 | 46.00 | 73.50 | 92.00 |
01-Apr-98 | 32.75 | 43.00 | 65.50 | 86.00 |
01-Apr-97 | 31.00 | 41.00 | 62.00 | 82.00 |
29-May-95 | 28.50 | 38.50 | 57.00 | 77.50 |
01-Apr-94 | 27.50 | 37.50 | 55.00 | 77.50 |