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Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

Asked by Matt VickersConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 18 November 2025UIN 89654

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time was for a practical driving test at driving test centres in (a) Darlington, (b) Middlesbrough (c) Hartlepool,(d) Northallerton and (e) England in the latest period for which data is available.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The average waiting time in weeks, as of October 2025, for driving test centres in (a) Darlington, (b) Middlesbrough (c) Hartlepool (d) Northallerton and (e) England, can be found in the table below.

Location

Average Waiting Times Oct 25

Darlington

23.0 Weeks

Middlesbrough

24.0 Weeks

Hartlepool

24.0 Weeks

Northallerton

22.5 Weeks

England

22.4 Weeks

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