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Driving Tests: Fees and Charges

Asked by Alex MayerLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 7 July 2025UIN 63403

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of a practical driving test was in each year since 1995.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The table below shows the cost of a car practical driving test on weekdays (normal hours) and on evenings, weekends and bank holidays (out of hours), from 1 April 1994 to 30 March 2009. The table also shows the cost of an extended car practical driving test for disqualified drivers.

Please note that the cost of a car practical driving test has remained the same since 30 March 2009.

Car Practical Driving Tests - Cost (£)

Driving Test

Extended Test

Date Introduced

Normal Hours

Out of Hours

Normal Hours

Out of Hours

30-Mar-09

62.00

75.00

124.00

150.00

01-Apr-08

56.50

67.00

113.00

134.00

01-Apr-06

48.50

58.00

97.00

116.00

10-Aug-05

45.50

55.00

91.00

110.00

08-Dec-04

42.00

51.00

84.00

102.00

14-Nov-02

39.00

48.00

78.00

96.00

27-Aug-01

38.00

47.00

76.00

94.00

10-Feb-99

36.75

46.00

73.50

92.00

01-Apr-98

32.75

43.00

65.50

86.00

01-Apr-97

31.00

41.00

62.00

82.00

29-May-95

28.50

38.50

57.00

77.50

01-Apr-94

27.50

37.50

55.00

77.50

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