Learner drivers are being charged £200 to buy a driving test - more than twice the original fee - by people who have bulk bought slots to sell on for profit. The lockdown saw driving tests cancelled, meaning there is now a backlog of up to six months to book a test in some places.
One woman told the BBC she paid £210 for a test through her instructor. The standard fee is £62 for a weekday test and £75 at evenings, weekends and bank holidays.
The woman said: "My driving instructor would call me and say, 'quick, there's a cancellation, do you want it?' The day we booked my test it all happened within a three or four-minute phone call."
