PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Driving Tests: Greater London (21 October 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October to Question 8348 on Driving Tests: Greater London, what the average waiting time was at a driving test centre in the wider London area in (a) 2019 and (b) 2015.

Asked by:
Nesil Caliskan (Labour)

Answer

The table below shows the average waiting time for driving test centres in the wider London area, located within the M25, in the financial years (a) 2019/20 and (b) 2015/16.

Driving test centre (DTC)

2015/16 Average car practical driving test waiting time (weeks)

2019/20 Average car practical driving test waiting time (weeks)

Barking (Tanner Street)

7.7

6.9

Barnet

6.7

6.1

Belvedere

6.3

7.6

Borehamwood

11.0

5.8

Bromley

1No data

24.9

Chingford

6.6

6.9

Enfield (Innova Business Park)

9.7

5.9

Erith

6.1

7.0

Goodmayes

8.3

9.9

Greenford (Horsenden Lane)

9.6

8.6

Hither Green

8.7

9.1

Hornchurch

7.4

8.1

Isleworth (Fleming Way)

10.4

8.9

Loughton

6.4

6.9

Mill Hill

7.4

6.6

Mitcham

8.0

7.4

Morden

7.7

7.1

Pinner

8.9

7.1

Sidcup

6.1

7.7

Southall

9.7

7.0

Tolworth

6.1

6.8

Tottenham

3No data

9.3

Uxbridge

7.6

7.0

Wanstead

7.4

7.2

Watford

7.5

6.0

West Wickham

12.5

9.6

Wood Green

11.1

8.7

Yeading

4No data

7.7

London Area Average (DTCs within the M25)

8.2

7.5

  1. No 2015/16 data exists for Bromley DTC as it opened as a new DTC in December 2019.
  2. Data for Bromley DTC covers the period December 2019 – March 2020.
  3. No 2015/16 data exists for Tottenham DTC as it opened as a new DTC in November 2016.
  4. No 2015/16 data exists for Yeading DTC. DVSA did not regularly make car practical driving tests available from this location until the 2020/21 financial year to help it recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.


Answered by:
Lilian Greenwood (Labour)
28 October 2024

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