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<p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is to reduce car
practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards.</p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>To increase the number of car driving test slots, the DVSA deployed
eligible managers and administrative staff back on the front line to do driving tests
from the beginning of October 2023 until the end of March 2024; which created over
145,000 additional test slots. Eligible managers and administrative staff will continue
to spend a portion of their time conducting car tests in the coming months to help
continue to reduce waiting times.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Measures in place
to reduce waiting times for customers, including: the recruitment of driving examiners,
conducting tests outside of regular hours, including at weekends and on public holidays,
and buying back annual leave from driving examiners is creating, on average, over
48,300 extra car test slots each month.</p><p> </p>
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