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Driving Tests: St Albans

Asked by Daisy CooperLiberal DemocratDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 18 May 2026UIN 505

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her department has made in increasing the availability of driving tests in St Albans since 3 November 2025.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is intensifying its efforts to reduce waiting times and improve access to driving tests.

DVSA is continuing with its recruitment campaigns for new driving examiners. Since November 2025, for those test centres serving the St Albans area, seven driving examiners have successfully passed their training and are now conducting driving tests, with a further two driving examiners being booked onto a training course. Following a recent recruitment campaign, DVSA has made offers of employment to a further eight driving examiners in this area.

The table below shows the number of tests booked and available at the driving test centres (DTCs) serving St Albans of 11 May 2026.

Driving test centre (DTC)

Booked tests (as of 11 May 2026)

Tests available in 24 week booking window (as of 11 May 2026)

Borehamwood

4,801

187

St Albans

2,069

103

Watford

5,713

339

Between June 2025 – April 2026, at the DTCs above, DVSA conducted 144 additional car practical driving tests in overtime, when compared to the equivalent overtime scheme between June 2024 – March 2025. This increase can largely be attributed to the additional test allowance scheme the agency introduced in June 2025.

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