Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the median wait time between booking and taking a driving test at Lee on the Solent is trending away from other centres in Hampshire.

The median waiting time at Lee-on-the-Solent reflects the experience of learners who have already taken their test and can vary according to when they booked and whether they subsequently moved their appointment.

DVSA is acting to improve availability at the centre by deploying driving examiners (DE) from Southampton and Portsmouth driving test centres. It also has one potential new DE in training and another due to start training.