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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Global Navigation Satellite Systems: Driving Tests (13 March 2018)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Public and Commercial Services Union on the implications for public safety of the new satellite navigation test.

Asked by:
Anna Turley (Labour)

Answer

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) introduced the new practical driving test on 4 December 2017. Senior officials engaged with representatives from the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union throughout the development of the new driving test and considered any concerns raised by PCS.

The new elements of the test were trialled extensively. No incidents were recorded during the trial of in excess of 3,000 candidates.

In July 2017, the DVSA carried out a risk assessment of the new test and conducted further evaluations in September 2017, which did not identify any unacceptable risk. It also commissioned an independent assessment of the test from The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). The RoSPA report concluded that all new parts of the driving test were low risk.


Answered by:
Jesse Norman (Conservative)
16 March 2018

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