Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting period is between failing a driving test and being able to book a re-test at test centres in (a) Surrey and (b) Hampshire.

The average waiting time in weeks for a practical driving at test in October for test centres in (a) Surrey and (b) Hampshire is shown below.

Basingstoke – 9.5 weeks

Chertsey – 24 weeks

Farnborough - 24 weeks

Guildford - 24 weeks

Lee on Solent – 24 weeks

Mitcham – 24 weeks

Newport (Isle of Wight) – 24 weeks

Portsmouth – 24 weeks

Redhill – 24 weeks

Southampton – 24 weeks

Tolworth – 24 weeks

West Wickam – 24 weeks

Winchester – 24 weeks

Every candidate has an equally important reason for wanting to take and pass their practical driving test. DVSA does not prioritise those candidates who have taken a practical driving test and been unsuccessful over those candidates taking their test for the first time.