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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Driving Tests: Greater London (9 October 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the capacity of DVLA test centres in (a) London and (b) Barking constituency.

Asked by:
Nesil Caliskan (Labour)

Answer

The table below shows the number of tests available and the current average waiting time at Barking driving test centre (DTC), and other London DTCs near the Barking constituency, as of 7 October 2024.

Driving test centre (DTC)

Average car practical driving test waiting time (Sept 2024)

Booked tests

Tests available in 24 week booking window

Barking

20.2

2,556

169

Hornchurch

24

1,441

54

Goodmayes

24

7,056

381

Wanstead

24

2,696

132

National

19

571,047

89,349

The average waiting time in the wider London area (DTCs inside the M25) is 22.9 weeks.


Answered by:
Lilian Greenwood (Labour)
14 October 2024

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