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Written question asked by Dan Norris (Independent (affiliation)) on Monday, 14 July 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 16 July 2025. It was answered by Lilian Greenwood (Labour) on Monday, 21 July 2025 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Driving Tests: Bristol

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the waiting time for driving tests at the Bristol (Kingswood) centre.

Answer

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 23 April, the Secretary of State for Transport appeared before the Transport Select Committee and announced that DVSA will take further actions to reduce waiting times for all customers across Great Britain.

Further information on these actions and progress of DVSA’s plan to reduce driving test waiting times, which was announced in December 2024, can be found on GOV.UK.

On 15 July, DVSA launched a new recruitment campaign for the Bristol area. DVSA is looking to recruit two additional driving examiners (DE) at Kingwood, up to 10 additional DEs in Avonmouth and two additional DEs in Weston-Super-Mare.

Further vacancies in other sites in the surrounding area such as Taunton and Chippenham, will also be advertised in DVSA’s following recruitment campaigns shortly.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
67289
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Bristol Driving tests Waiting lists
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk