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Written Question
Active Travel: Regulation
Tuesday 12th November 2024

Asked by: Nesil Caliskan (Labour - Barking)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of regulating micro-mobility modes of transport.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government recognises the depth of public concern about the question of regulation for micromobility.

As you will appreciate, the new Government is still in its early stages, and I am carefully considering next steps and potential policy solutions for micromobility.

Written Question
Driving Tests: Greater London
Monday 28th October 2024

Asked by: Nesil Caliskan (Labour - Barking)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October to Question 8348 on Driving Tests: Greater London, what the average waiting time was at a driving test centre in the wider London area in (a) 2019 and (b) 2015.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The table below shows the average waiting time for driving test centres in the wider London area, located within the M25, in the financial years (a) 2019/20 and (b) 2015/16.

Driving test centre (DTC)

2015/16 Average car practical driving test waiting time (weeks)

2019/20 Average car practical driving test waiting time (weeks)

Barking (Tanner Street)

7.7

6.9

Barnet

6.7

6.1

Belvedere

6.3

7.6

Borehamwood

11.0

5.8

Bromley

1No data

24.9

Chingford

6.6

6.9

Enfield (Innova Business Park)

9.7

5.9

Erith

6.1

7.0

Goodmayes

8.3

9.9

Greenford (Horsenden Lane)

9.6

8.6

Hither Green

8.7

9.1

Hornchurch

7.4

8.1

Isleworth (Fleming Way)

10.4

8.9

Loughton

6.4

6.9

Mill Hill

7.4

6.6

Mitcham

8.0

7.4

Morden

7.7

7.1

Pinner

8.9

7.1

Sidcup

6.1

7.7

Southall

9.7

7.0

Tolworth

6.1

6.8

Tottenham

3No data

9.3

Uxbridge

7.6

7.0

Wanstead

7.4

7.2

Watford

7.5

6.0

West Wickham

12.5

9.6

Wood Green

11.1

8.7

Yeading

4No data

7.7

London Area Average (DTCs within the M25)

8.2

7.5

  1. No 2015/16 data exists for Bromley DTC as it opened as a new DTC in December 2019.
  2. Data for Bromley DTC covers the period December 2019 – March 2020.
  3. No 2015/16 data exists for Tottenham DTC as it opened as a new DTC in November 2016.
  4. No 2015/16 data exists for Yeading DTC. DVSA did not regularly make car practical driving tests available from this location until the 2020/21 financial year to help it recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Written Question
Driving Tests: Greater London
Monday 14th October 2024

Asked by: Nesil Caliskan (Labour - Barking)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the capacity of DVLA test centres in (a) London and (b) Barking constituency.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The table below shows the number of tests available and the current average waiting time at Barking driving test centre (DTC), and other London DTCs near the Barking constituency, as of 7 October 2024.

Driving test centre (DTC)

Average car practical driving test waiting time (Sept 2024)

Booked tests

Tests available in 24 week booking window

Barking

20.2

2,556

169

Hornchurch

24

1,441

54

Goodmayes

24

7,056

381

Wanstead

24

2,696

132

National

19

571,047

89,349

The average waiting time in the wider London area (DTCs inside the M25) is 22.9 weeks.