Driving Tests: Wiltshire

(asked on 13th October 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving tests have been booked in Wiltshire in 2025.


Answered by
Simon Lightwood Portrait
Simon Lightwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 20th October 2025

The table below shows how many car practical driving tests have been booked for test centres serving Wiltshire in 2025.

Driving Test Centre

Tests Booked (Net Demand)

Chippenham

7,737

Salisbury

4,432

Swindon

8,694

Trowbridge

1,323

Total

22,186

*Trowbridge is a taking the test to the customer site so may not be open every day.

Information on the number of approved driving instructors by postcode, including for Wiltshire is available on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/driving-instructor-and-motorcycle-instructor-register-data

The table below shows the (a) average and (b) longest waiting times for a practical car driving test for test centres serving Wiltshire over the last ten years.

Driving Test Centre

Average Waiting time (weeks)

Longest Waiting time (weeks)

Chippenham

12.6

24

Salisbury

10.7

24

Swindon

13.2

24

Trowbridge

14.5

24

*Trowbridge is a taking the test to the customer site so may not be open every day.

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