Driving Tests: Secondary Market Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Secondary Market

Lord Grayling Excerpts
Monday 13th January 2025

(2 days, 14 hours ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill Portrait Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Lab)
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I have no need to do that; my noble friend has just done it for me.

Lord Grayling Portrait Lord Grayling (Con)
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My Lords, the Minister has just said that 25% of tests appear to go through some of these third-party sites. My noble friend has also said that some of these sites are genuine scams. Why is it that any driving test can be booked anywhere except on the official DVSA website? Why can he not just sort that?

Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill Portrait Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Lab)
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One of my colleagues said, sotto voce, “For the same reason that you did not”, which is perhaps not an unreasonable point.