Every parliamentary written question tabled by Nesil Caliskan this session, with the full answer and department. Back to the MP page.
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Whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of regulating micro-mobility modes of transport.
The Government recognises the depth of public concern about the question of regulation for micromobility. As you will appreciate, the new Government is still in its early stages, and I am carefully considering next steps and potential policy solutions for micromobility.
Pursuant to the Answer of 14 October to Question 8348 on Driving Tests: Greater London, what the average waiting time was at a driving test centre in the wider London area in (a) 2019 and (b) 2015.
The table below shows the average waiting time for driving test centres in the wider London area, located within the M25, in the financial years (a) 2019/20 and (b) 2015/16.Driving test centre (DTC)2015/16 Average car practical driving test waiting time (weeks)2019/20 Average car practical driving test waiting time (weeks)Barking (Tanner Street)7.76.9Barnet6.76.1Belvedere6.37.6Borehamwood11.05.8Bromley1No data24.9Chingford6.66.9Enfield (Innova Business Park)9.75.9Erith6.17.0Goodmayes8.39.9Greenford (Horsenden Lane)9.68.6Hither Green8.79.1Hornchurch7.48.1Isleworth (Fleming Way)10.48.9Loughton6.46.9Mill Hill7.46.6Mitcham8.07.4Morden7.77.1Pinner8.97.1Sidcup6.17.7Southall9.77.0Tolworth6.16.8Tottenham3No data9.3Uxbridge7.67.0Wanstead7.47.2Watford7.56.0West Wickham12.59.6Wood Green11.18.7Yeading4No data7.7London Area Average (DTCs within the M25)8.27.5No 2015/16 data exists for Bromley DTC as it opened as a new DTC in December 2019.Data for Bromley DTC covers the period December 2019 – March 2020.No 2015/16 data exists for Tottenham DTC as it opened as a new DTC in November 2016.No 2015/16 data exists for Yeading DTC. DVSA did not regularly make car practical driving tests available from this location until the 2020/21 financial year to help it recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
What recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the capacity of DVLA test centres in (a) London and (b) Barking constituency.
The table below shows the number of tests available and the current average waiting time at Barking driving test centre (DTC), and other London DTCs near the Barking constituency, as of 7 October 2024. Driving test centre (DTC)Average car practical driving test waiting time (Sept 2024)Booked testsTests available in 24 week booking windowBarking20.22,556169Hornchurch241,44154Goodmayes247,056381Wanstead242,696132National19571,04789,349 The average waiting time in the wider London area (DTCs inside the M25) is 22.9 weeks.