Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average period of time in days between the booking of each practical driving test and the date of the test in each (1) month in 2020 for which figures are available, and (2) month of 2019.

Average time in days between practical car test booking and the test date
January 2020 63.9
February 2020 122.7
March 2020 179.4
April 2020 40
May 2020 34
June 2020 31.9
July 2020 *
August 2020 *
September 2020 *
October 2020 *
November 2020 *
December 2020 *
*TO NOTE: We cannot provide figures beyond 30 June 2020 as they have not yet been published officially and to release them externally would breach the Statistics and Registrations Service Act 2007.

Average time in days between practical car test booking and the test date
January 2019 40.1
February 2019 40.9
March 2019 44.7
April 2019 49.4
May 2019 48.9
June 2019 50.3
July 2019 54.5
August 2019 55.2
September 2019 51.2
October 2019 49.2
November 2019 53.2
December 2019 55.9