How long is the wait for a driving test?

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How long is the wait for theory and practical tests these days? I heard there was a bit of a backlog since covid.

February 2022 for practical tests here.

West Yorkshire here dd booked hers today for 10 th September

Sorry should mention that was practical

DD has just passed her theory she waited around a month for that, practical she had just booked for Jan 2022 but her instructor has managed to get her a cancellation for Oct

We can't find any appointments at all anywhere in Manchester, so up to year I think.

Apparently they've stopped booking tests altogether in my local area at the moment. Prior to that, 2022 was the earliest dates. Aargh.

Those trying to book check multiple times a day. I managed to get my DD a test last year in the few days that tests were allowed.

November for us!

Feb 2022 in my area

@Rillington @ab21 where are you? Thanks

Too long
I have my grandson £1000 of lessons and tests last June for his 17th birthday
It’s been a right shit show
He should’ve had the test under his belt to go to uni in September

He’s still to take his theory.😡

Got another 17th birthday in November...
I’m wondering if I should postpone it for a year.

[quote whatsnext2]**@Rillington* @ab21* where are you? Thanks[/quote]
South West Herts, near Watford

Has anyone tried one of the cancellation apps such as Testi? Are these only last minute cancellations or is it possible to get one a few months out if you're extremely lucky?

@ab21

Has anyone tried one of the cancellation apps such as Testi? Are these only last minute cancellations or is it possible to get one a few months out if you're extremely lucky?

Barely any cancellations come up, nobody is cancelling because they know they’ll have to wait months and months

October here

Gov website says 17 weeks.

Midlands.

None in our local test centre. Managed to get one at another test centre, a bit further away for November. Learning the test routes will be a pain, but at least it's a test!

My friend is trying to book her dd in at the moment. She tells me it's November here in Staffs.

June next year for the practical one. Greater Manchester

"We regret to inform all learners that due to the Covid crisis we have had to temporarily suspend all bookings for our practical tests. We hope to reopen as soon as possible with dates starting from the end of 2022."

Theory tests are available from this month here (east mids) but practical- bugger all. Very very frustrating!

@NannyAndJohn

Where is that?? It's shocking!!

Was chatting to my friend who's a driving instructor this morning. May be specific to our local centre only, but she said the issue is that people can currently cancel their tests on the day itself. As a result, some people leave cancelling until an hour or two before the test at which point it's very difficult to find someone to take the cancelled test.

The driving instructors are apparently frustrated as they are available for tests but are sitting around with cancelled tests and no one to fill many of them. She thinks they're going to revert to the previous system which had a 3 day notice period to cancel tests which should give people time to fill available slots.

Sorry, examiners not driving instructors