Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time is for a driving test in Aylesbury; and when the backlog for those tests will be cleared.

The average waiting time in weeks, as of October 2025, at Aylesbury driving test centre (DTC) was 19 weeks.

The average waiting time in weeks, as of October 2025, for other DTC’s that might serve customers in the area, are shown below:

Bletchley – 24 weeks

High Wycombe – 5 weeks

Leighton Buzzard – 24 weeks

Oxford – 24 weeks

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. The agency is intensifying its efforts to reduce waiting times and improve access to driving tests that will break down barriers to opportunity as part of the government’s Plan for Change.

At the Transport Select committee on 12 November 2025, the Secretary of State for Transport confirmed the latest DVSA modelling shows it is not possible to meet a 7-week waiting time by summer 2026. There are several factors driving higher demand for tests, and it is not currently possible to say when waiting times will reduce to 7-weeks or fewer. The Secretary of State will be working closely with DVSA in addressing this important issue.

In the coming months, DVSA will:

• change the booking service to allow only learner car drivers to book and manage their tests
• introduce a limit on the number of times a learner car driver can move or swap a test to twice and also limit the area they can move a test to once booked.
• make use of Ministry of Defence (MOD) driving examiners for up to 12 months to help tackle driving test waiting times.