To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test appointment slots are available each week in (a) the Dunfermline and (b) the Kirkcaldy Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency test centre.
Answered on
23 March 2023
Based on demand, Dunfermline driving test centre operates 3 days per week, and Kirkcaldy operates 5 days per week.
On average, there are 78 driving test slots available per week at Dunfermline test centre, and 138 at Kirkcaldy. Driving examiners are deployed between the two test centres to balance out driving test waiting times.
The average waiting time for a practical car test at Dunfermline, and Kirkcaldy is 12 weeks, which is less than the current national average. As of 20 March 2023, there were 153 and 425 driving tests available at Dunfermline and Kirkaldy respectively.
Based on customer demand, 60 cities, out of 70, have permanent driving test centres. The ten that do not are listed below, alongside their nearest test centre. The only cities without a driving test centre within 15 miles are Wells and St Davids.
| Name of city that does not have a permanent driving test centre (DTC) | Name of nearest DTC |
Bath | Bristol Kingswood | |
Brighton and Hove | Lancing | |
Dunfermline | Kirkcaldy | |
Ely | Cambridge (Brookmount Court) | |
Ripon | Knaresborough | |
Salford | Cheetham Hill | |
St Asaph (Llanelwy) | Rhyl | |
St Davids | Pembroke Dock | |
Truro | Camborne | |
Wells | Weston-Super-Mare |