Written question asked by Stephen Gethins (Scottish National Party) on Monday, 7 April 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 23 April 2025 (named day). It was answered by Lilian Greenwood (Labour) on Wednesday, 23 April 2025 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Driving Tests: Arbroath and Dundee
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of practical driving tests at (a) Arbroath Test Centre and (b) Dundee Test Centre.
- Answer
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The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times.
On the 18 December 2024, DVSA set out further plans to reduce driving test waiting times across the country. These steps include recruiting 450 driving examiners (DEs). Full details of these steps can be found on GOV.UK.
DVSA continues to recruit DEs at Arbroath and Dundee driving test centres (DTC) and is currently working through the recruitment process from recent campaigns. As part of this, DVSA has two potential new DEs, one is booked on a training course and one is undergoing pre-employment checks. Additionally, one DE successfully passed training and is now conducting driving tests at Dundee and Arbroath.
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- 44482
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- 2024-26
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- Driving tests Dundee Arbroath
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