PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Driving Tests: Coronavirus (7 September 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to change the DVSA driving test booking system to prioritise rebooking by people who had booked and paid for their tests prior to the covid-19 lockdown.

Asked by:
Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat)

Practical driving tests resumed in England on 22 July 2020. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) did prioritise driving tests for candidates who had booked and paid for a test before the COVID-19 lockdown. From 16 July 2020, the DVSA sent emails and text messages to those candidates in batches, and invited them to go online and book a test. Test bookings for new candidates restarted from 21 August 2020.

Answered by:
Rachel Maclean (Conservative)
10 September 2020