Driving Tests: Wiltshire
(asked on 20th May 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for a practical driving test in Wiltshire, by driving test centre in each of the last five years.
The table below shows the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time for a practical driving test in each of the last five years, by driving test centre (DTC) in Somerset.
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Taunton | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
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Average | 10.9 | 16.7 | 16.8 | 16.5 | 21.9 |
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Longest | 18.0 | 23.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 |
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Yeovil | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
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Average | 12.3 | 15.7 | 16.6 | 20.8 | 22.5 |
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Longest | 18.0 | 18.8 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 |
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Weston Super Mare | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | ||||||
Average | 9.6 | 9.1 | 16.2 | 20.5 | 21.0 | ||||||
Longest | 18.0 | 14.2 | 23.8 | 24.0 | 24.0 | ||||||
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The table below shows the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time for a practical driving test in each of the last five years, by DTC in Wiltshire.
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Chippenham | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | ||||||
Average | 9.0 | 10.7 | 16.7 | 22.0 | 24.0 | ||||||
Longest | 16.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | ||||||
Salisbury | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | ||||||
Average | 10.1 | 12.9 | 10.5 | 16.9 | 21.7 | ||||||
Longest | 17.8 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | ||||||
Trowbridge | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | ||||||
Average | 15.3 | 9.9 | 11.8 | 14.2 | 16.6 | ||||||
Longest | 18.0 | 21.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | ||||||
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Swindon MPTC | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
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Average | 11.2 | 13.7 | 18.8 | 23.5 | 24.0 |
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Longest | 18.0 | 23.8 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 |
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Please note that the maximum waiting time until the middle of 2021 was 18 weeks. The maximum waiting time since then has been 24 weeks.