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Driving Tests

Asked by Joe RobertsonConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 20 April 2026UIN 127308

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, a) what the failure-to-attend rate for practical car driving tests was in each month since January 2026 up to and including the most recent month for which figures are available.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The table below shows failure-to-attends (FTA) as a percentage of the total number of bookings for each month since January 2026.

Month

% FTA

February

3

March

3

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency monitors failure to attend rates and consider potential causes of those rates changing, together with potential interventions to reduce such rates, on an ongoing basis.

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