New measures are being introduced to help cut down the waiting times for learner drivers keen to take their driving test. As it stands in spring 2025, the average wait time is around 22 weeks due to a ...

The 36 Defence Driving Examiners (DDEs), made up of civilian MoD personnel, will help conduct driving tests one day a week ...

Defence driving examiners next year will be deployed to test centres in England with the longest waiting times to conduct an ...

THE Army is being drafted in to help tackle Britain’s huge driving test backlog that’s left more than 600,000 learners stuck ...

New measures are being introduced to help cut down the waiting times for learner drivers keen to take their driving test. As it stands in spring 2025, the average wait time is around 22 weeks due to a ...

Learner drivers have to wait up to six months for a driving test, creating staggeringly long waiting lists. The average waiting time was 21.8 weeks at the end of June. In a change to rules, only ...

N ew changes are being implemented to help reduce the waiting times for learner drivers eager to take their driving test. Due ...

The Government has announced that military driving examiners will be deployed to driving test centres across the country in a bid to reduce the backlog faced by learners.

Under plans to mobilise the Military of Defence, up to 6,500 more driving tests will be made available over the next year at locations with the highest demand ...

Examiners who quiz soldiers on how to drive tankers will now test students on their motoring skills in bid to cut a huge ...

Ms Alexander confirmed that the Government had recruited an additional 316 driving examiners, but would rely on military help. An extra 36 Defence Driving Examiners (DDEs) will conduct tests one day a ...

Another learner has undertaken the test 128 times without success, incurring a cost of £2,944. The theory test assesses ...