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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Neil Lancefield

EXPLAINED: Driving test backlog cannot get much worse | Rare Historical Photos

Officials hope an increase in the number of tests being conducted will bring waiting times down (PA) - (PA Wire)

Learner drivers are being forced to wait more than five months to book a slot at four out of five test centres, new figures show.

Some 258 locations in Britain had the maximum possible waiting time of 24 weeks for a test as of May 5, which is 81% of all sites.

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