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date	05/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people waiting for a practical driving test in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	98945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>In March 2020, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) suspended most of its services in line with Government guidance, whilst maintaining access for critical workers to support the national emergency response.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA is restoring its testing services with new procedures in place to keep people safe and help stop the spread of coronavirus.</p><p> </p><p>As the DVSA has been unable to provide its normal level of service for the past six months, demand for practical driving tests are higher than usual.</p><p> </p><p>As of 6 October 2020, 344,806 candidates in the UK have a practical car test booked and are waiting to sit the test.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 12/10/2020 14:29:18 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1240262

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of average time it takes to obtain a practical driving test in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	98946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>In March 2020, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) suspended most of its services in line with Government guidance, whilst maintaining access for critical workers to support the national emergency response.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA is restoring its testing services with new procedures in place to keep people safe and help stop the spread of coronavirus.</p><p> </p><p>As the DVSA has been unable to provide its normal level of service for the past six months, demand for practical driving tests are higher than usual.</p><p> </p><p>Currently, the average waiting time for a practical driving test in the UK is:</p><ul><li>Car – 10 weeks</li><li>Vocational – 7 weeks</li><li>Motorcycle – 7 weeks</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 12/10/2020 14:34:54 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1240309

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to establish a banking agency to finance green investments as part of the Industrial Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	98953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>Within the decade, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister is determined for the UK to be at the forefront of the green industrial revolution as we accelerate our progress towards net zero emissions by 2050. That is why, this year alone, the government has set out billions in support for our low-carbon economy. As set out in the 2019 Green Finance Strategy, this needs to be combined with a focus on mobilising and accelerating flows of private finance into key clean growth sectors to provide good value for taxpayers, such as through providing long-term certainty and using public funds to leverage private capital.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 12/10/2020 11:37:14 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord