Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

(asked on 22nd March 2023) - View Source
Questioner
Dave Doogan Portrait
Dave Doogan
(Scottish National Party - Angus and Perthshire Glens)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Angus, (b) Scotland, and (c) the UK who are awaiting a practical driving test; and how many are awaiting such tests at the Arbroath remote testing centre.

Answered by
Richard Holden Portrait
Richard Holden
Opposition Whip (Commons)
This question was answered on 27th March 2023

There are four driving test centres (DTC) that service the Angus region. The table below shows the number of people booked to take their test at (a) each of the four DTCs that service the Angus region (b) Scotland, and (c) Great Britain.

(a) Angus region

Number of forward bookings

Number of slots available

Arbroath

234

3

Dundee

1,320

685

Forfar

186

21

Montrose

223

14

(b) Scotland

.

44,080

7,143

(c) Great Britain

.

525,070

51,363

There are four driving test centres (DTC) that service the Angus region. The table below shows the number of people booked to take their test at (a) each of the four DTCs that service the Angus region (b) Scotland, and (c) Great Britain.

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