Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will publish a regional plan for expanding driving test capacity in areas with the longest waiting times.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) fully acknowledges car practical driving test waiting times remain high and understands the impact this continues to have on learner drivers, particularly those living in rural and semi-rural communities.

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.