PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Driving Tests: Refugees (1 April 2019)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the removal of non-national language voice-overs for the theory driving test on the ability of refugees to live and work in the UK.

Asked by:
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour)

The focus of the driving test is to help to ensure that all drivers have the knowledge, skills and understanding to use UK roads safely and responsibly. Since the language support change in 2014, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has introduced a new practical driving test and is currently working on a new driving theory test for the early 2020s. The DVSA is taking into account, as part of planning the new theory test, candidates for whom English is a second language.

Answered by:
Jesse Norman (Conservative)
8 April 2019