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Driving Instruction: Coronavirus

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Question for Department for Transport

UIN 112104, tabled on 5 November 2020

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Labour
Slough
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the November 2020 covid-19 restrictions on learner drivers.

Answer

Rachel Maclean
Conservative
Redditch
Commons

Answered on

10 November 2020

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has been working hard to resume driving tests in a COVID-secure way for staff and candidates. Its priority is to help stop the spread of coronavirus and save lives.

The DVSA will contact candidates whose tests are affected by covid-19 restrictions and tell them what they need to do.

The DVSA has made an additional 55,000 practical car driving tests available up to 18 April 2021 to accommodate new and re-scheduled tests. This is in addition to the 150,000 practical car tests already available in the booking system.

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