Driving Tests: Waiting Lists
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will provide, for each driving test centre in Great Britain, the car practical driving test waiting time in weeks in a) February 2026; b) March 2026; c) April 2026 and d) May 2026.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
The answer to questions 122397 (31 March 2026) and 127873 (24 April 2026) provide the monthly average car practical driving test waiting time data (based on the national average waiting time metric of when a minimum of 10% of test slots are available) for each driving test centre in February and March 2026 respectively.
The attached spreadsheet (WPQ-00068472) shows the average waiting time for car practical driving tests at each driving test centre (based on the national average waiting time metric of when a minimum of 10% of test slots are available) for April 2026.
Data for May 2026 will be available in June 2026.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency also records national median waiting time data (the time between the first test booking and test taken) for practical car driving tests. The national median waiting time for a practical car driving test in February, March and April 2026 is shown in the table below.
Month | National median waiting time (the time between the first test booking and test taken) |
February 2026 | 10.6 weeks |
March 2026 | 9.0 weeks |
April 2026 | 9.1 weeks |
This data, broken down by driving test centre, is currently not available for February, March and April 2026.
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