Driving Tests: Somerset
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for a practical driving test in Somerset in each of the last five years, by driving test centre
Answered by Lilian Greenwood
The table below shows the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time for a practical driving test in each of the last five years, by driving test centre (DTC) in Somerset.
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Taunton | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
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Average | 10.9 | 16.7 | 16.8 | 16.5 | 21.9 |
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Longest | 18.0 | 23.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 |
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Yeovil | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
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Average | 12.3 | 15.7 | 16.6 | 20.8 | 22.5 |
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Longest | 18.0 | 18.8 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 |
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Weston Super Mare | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | ||||||
Average | 9.6 | 9.1 | 16.2 | 20.5 | 21.0 | ||||||
Longest | 18.0 | 14.2 | 23.8 | 24.0 | 24.0 | ||||||
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The table below shows the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time for a practical driving test in each of the last five years, by DTC in Wiltshire.
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Chippenham | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | ||||||
Average | 9.0 | 10.7 | 16.7 | 22.0 | 24.0 | ||||||
Longest | 16.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | ||||||
Salisbury | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | ||||||
Average | 10.1 | 12.9 | 10.5 | 16.9 | 21.7 | ||||||
Longest | 17.8 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | ||||||
Trowbridge | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | ||||||
Average | 15.3 | 9.9 | 11.8 | 14.2 | 16.6 | ||||||
Longest | 18.0 | 21.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | ||||||
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Swindon MPTC | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
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Average | 11.2 | 13.7 | 18.8 | 23.5 | 24.0 |
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Longest | 18.0 | 23.8 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 |
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Please note that the maximum waiting time until the middle of 2021 was 18 weeks. The maximum waiting time since then has been 24 weeks.
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