Apr. 24 2025
Source Page: DfT: spending over £25,000, November 2024Laid - 24 Apr 2025 In Force 15 May 2025
These Regulations amend regulation 35 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2864) to specify the fee payable for the large vehicle off road manoeuvres test. They also make provision for the fee payable for such a test conducted by a large vehicle off …
Asked by: Samantha Niblett (Labour - South Derbyshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of practical driving tests.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times.
On the 18 December 2024, DVSA set out a 7-point plan to reduce driving test waiting times across the country. Details of which are available on gov.uk (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dvsa-sets-out-plan-to-reduce-driving-test-waiting-times).
On 23 April, the Secretary of State announced further action that the government is taking to reduce driving test wait times. Details of these measures have also been published on gov.uk (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/transport-secretary-acts-to-make-thousands-of-extra-driving-tests-available-each-month).
Asked by: Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative - Thirsk and Malton)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Access for All funding allocated to Thirsk Station has been placed on hold.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The feasibility work for Thirsk station is underway and we expect all 50 of the feasibility studies announced last year to be complete in the spring. We expect to be able to confirm which stations will move forward over the summer. The Access for All programme continues to be heavily oversubscribed.
We remain committed to improving the accessibility of the railway and recognise the valuable social and economic benefits this brings to communities.
Apr. 23 2025
Source Page: Transport Secretary acts to make thousands of extra driving tests available each monthOral Evidence Apr. 23 2025
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Correspondence Apr. 23 2025
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Correspondence Apr. 23 2025
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)