Last week the DVSA announced that they would be supplying an extra 150,000 driving test appointments over the next six months, in order to reduce the lengthy appointment backlog.

They are redeploying fully trained staff who are currently working in non-testing roles within the organisation. Hopefully this will make an immediate difference and help to significantly reduce current waiting times. According to the DSA new appointments should be fed into the booking system on a bi-weekly basis. For example, tests for the week starting November 27th will be added from Monday 13th November.

Read the Driving Instructors' Assocation article regarding driving test waiting lists: https://www.driving.org/driving-test-wait-times-have-increased-at-two-fifths-of-test-centres-this-year/

Local Driving Instructors are working incredibly hard behind the scenes trying to organise tests for their students. Candidates often cannot find a test time/date at a time which is suitable. It could be that the candidate is ready for test but having to wait months, or vice versa, not quite ready and with a test too soon.

Instructors are working among themselves to swap test appointments which is very time consuming, but ultimately to the benefit of everyone concerned. Hopefully the DVSA will begin to reduce the waiting times for tests soon.