Driving Tests: Standards
(asked on 14th November 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the current average waiting time is for a driving (a) practical and (b) test for motor cars; and if she will set out how this compares to the pre‑covid figures.
This question was answered on 19th November 2025
The national average waiting time for a car practical driving test in October 2025 was 21.9 weeks.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) supervise the delivery of light vehicle MOTs through approved MOT garages. As these are private garages, the DVSA does not collate overall average waiting time data for MOTs.