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Driving Tests: Twickenham

Asked by Munira WilsonLiberal DemocratDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 2 June 2026UIN 3412

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made in increasing the availability of driving tests in Twickenham since 12 May 2025.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is continuing with its recruitment campaigns for new driving examiners (DE) at driving test centres (DTC) serving the Twickenham area, to provide as many tests as possible:

  • At Isleworth DTC, DVSA is hoping to have successfully onboarded four new DEs by autumn this year.
  • At Tolworth DTC, as well as seconding a DE from another area to deliver tests, a potential new DE is due to complete training in July.
  • At Southall DTC, three potential new DEs will start training courses in July, August and September respectively. There are another two candidates currently going through the recruitment process.

Between June 2025 – April 2026, at the DTCs above, DVSA conducted 1,649 additional car practical driving tests in overtime, when compared to the equivalent overtime scheme between June 2024 – April 2025. This increase can largely be attributed to the additional test allowance scheme the agency introduced in June 2025.

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