Driving Tests
(asked on 10th January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, for each of the last five years, what percentage of those taking the DVLA theory test have sat that test more than three times.
The following data shows the percentage of Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) learners who took their theory test more than three times in the last five years:
Year | Category | Delivery Volume | More than 3 attempts | % taking more than 3 attempts |
2013 | Bike | 50175 | 383 | 0.76% |
2013 | Car | 1441604 | 79201 | 5.49% |
2013 | CAR-ABRIDGED | 19 | 1 | 5.26% |
2013 | LGV-CPC | 17190 | 685 | 3.98% |
2013 | LGV-CPC-Conversion | 126 | 5 | 3.97% |
2013 | LGV-HPT | 28999 | 534 | 1.84% |
2013 | LGV-MC | 31586 | 966 | 3.06% |
2013 | PCV-CPC | 7478 | 1011 | 13.52% |
2013 | PCV-CPC-Conversion | 79 | 2 | 2.53% |
2013 | PCV-HPT | 7518 | 145 | 1.93% |
2013 | PCV-MC | 8044 | 192 | 2.39% |
Year | Category | Delivery Volume | More than 3 attempts | % taking more than 3 attempts |
2014 | Bike | 60600 | 573 | 0.95% |
2014 | Car | 1663153 | 96729 | 5.82% |
2014 | CAR-ABRIDGED | 26 | 5 | 19.23% |
2014 | LGV-CPC | 24574 | 1004 | 4.09% |
2014 | LGV-CPC-Conversion | 234 | 22 | 9.40% |
2014 | LGV-HPT | 33402 | 619 | 1.85% |
2014 | LGV-MC | 37871 | 1283 | 3.39% |
2014 | PCV-CPC | 6683 | 896 | 13.41% |
2014 | PCV-CPC-Conversion | 106 | 18 | 16.98% |
2014 | PCV-HPT | 7640 | 152 | 1.99% |
2014 | PCV-MC | 8355 | 249 | 2.98% |
Year | Category | Delivery Volume | More than 3 attempts | % taking more than 3 attempts |
2015 | Bike | 69888 | 690 | 0.99% |
2015 | Car | 1847968 | 115082 | 6.23% |
2015 | CAR-ABRIDGED | 30 | 1 | 3.33% |
2015 | LGV-CPC | 31715 | 1112 | 3.51% |
2015 | LGV-CPC-Conversion | 411 | 39 | 9.49% |
2015 | LGV-HPT | 46471 | 623 | 1.34% |
2015 | LGV-MC | 51677 | 1909 | 3.69% |
2015 | PCV-CPC | 6733 | 776 | 11.53% |
2015 | PCV-CPC-Conversion | 114 | 3 | 2.63% |
2015 | PCV-HPT | 8102 | 135 | 1.67% |
2015 | PCV-MC | 8851 | 262 | 2.96% |
Year | Category | Delivery Volume | More than 3 attempts | % taking more than 3 attempts |
2016 | Bike | 74054 | 950 | 1.28% |
2016 | Car | 1955241 | 142417 | 7.28% |
2016 | CAR-ABRIDGED | 38 | 2 | 5.26% |
2016 | LGV-CPC | 35261 | 1288 | 3.65% |
2016 | LGV-CPC-Conversion | 717 | 82 | 11.44% |
2016 | LGV-HPT | 46584 | 619 | 1.33% |
2016 | LGV-MC | 54266 | 2282 | 4.21% |
2016 | PCV-CPC | 6728 | 665 | 9.88% |
2016 | PCV-CPC-Conversion | 155 | 8 | 5.16% |
2016 | PCV-HPT | 7789 | 86 | 1.10% |
2016 | PCV-MC | 8982 | 300 | 3.34% |
Year | Category | Delivery Volume | More than 3 attempts | % taking more than 3 attempts |
2017 | Bike | 72481 | 924 | 1.27% |
2017 | Car | 1915556 | 143568 | 7.49% |
2017 | CAR-ABRIDGED | 40 | 3 | 7.50% |
2017 | LGV-CPC | 35158 | 1447 | 4.12% |
2017 | LGV-CPC-Conversion | 1078 | 146 | 13.54% |
2017 | LGV-HPT | 43505 | 468 | 1.08% |
2017 | LGV-MC | 52899 | 2245 | 4.24% |
2017 | PCV-CPC | 6140 | 629 | 10.24% |
2017 | PCV-CPC-Conversion | 153 | 6 | 3.92% |
2017 | PCV-HPT | 6821 | 74 | 1.08% |
2017 | PCV-MC | 8388 | 326 | 3.89% |