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In line withprevious announcements regarding the future of this publication, this will be the last time these data are published by DfT. Subsequent reporting of these data will be picked up in an alternative format by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency who will assume responsibility for publishing numbers and pass rates for driving and riding theory and practical tests conducted in Great Britain, going forwards on a quarterly basis. The next publication of this data will be available in March 2025.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) suspended non-testing duties for its staff who are qualified to conduct driving tests, from October 2023 to March 2024, in order to maximise the number of examiners available to conduct practical car tests, and to further reduce driving test waiting times. This has resulted in a rise in practical car tests conducted in recent quarters.

Tables DRT1201, DRT1203, DRT1503 and DRT1701 have been found to contain some historical inaccuracies whereby the gender breakdowns of some test figures sum to a slightly higher value than the given total for that same test type and age group. The overall difference is found to be small, less than 1% discrepancy. For more information about factors affecting the data in these statistics please see the notes and definitions.

Given the historical nature of the data and reflecting our need to balance the quality of our data with the value delivered to users regarding how analytical resource is used, we have taken the decision not to amend the affected data in these tables at the present time. Users should take note of this issue and reflect it in their analysis accordingly.

These are the previously published versions of the driver and rider test data sets. These have now been replaced by the new accessible data sets above.

A table index for this statistical series has been created to provide a full map between the old and new numbering systems used in this page.