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PART TWO August 2026 · www.driving.org  \n\n| | We bring you the second partofour special report into DVSA’s‘success’ intackling test waiting times in the UK.   |\n| --- | --- |\n| This week: PDI and ADI test waiting times andthe lack of Standards Checks (and why the profession andthe publicshould be concerned); DVSA fee income from selling more badges but not providing tests grows by a third; new testdata showing the median wait time for a test increasing; more waiting for a response on why new examiners aren’tbeing deployed; and the agency’s response on bot-blocking measures that are locking genuine customers out of thebooking platform.   |  |\n| I N T H I S R E P O R T   |  |\n| \u003Cbr>01   | Latest test waiting time statistics published  \u003Cbr>National average holds at 20.2 weeks — but the newly reported median wait climbs to 11.1 weeks.   |\n| \u003Cbr>02   | DVSA respondson booking system blocks & examiner deployment  \u003Cbr>The agency’s full response to DIA’s concerns about genuine pupils being locked out of the booking system.   |\n| \u003Cbr>03   | New examiner deployment lag — still waiting on an update  \u003Cbr>DVSA has responded on booking blocks but remains silent on why trained examiners aren’t being deployed.   |\n| \u003Cbr>04   | PDI pain continues — and ADI Standards Checks go unchecked  \u003Cbr>44 examiners. 64,000 ADIs and PDIs to assess. 527 Standards Checks in 2024/25 . The numbers that should concern us all.   |\n| \u003Cbr>05   | DVSA netsa third more income from ADI & PDI fees  \u003Cbr>FOI data reveals fee income from trainers jumped from £7.7m to over £10m — whilst services declined.   |\n\nDriving Instructors Association | help@driving.org | 020 8686 8010 © DIA 2026  \nDIA SPECIAL REPORT · THE REAL DRIVING TEST HUSTLE? PART TWO August 2026 · www.driving.org  \n\n| \u003Cbr>PA RT O N E   | |  TEST WAITING TIMES   |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Test waiting times remain high at 20.2 weeks nationally, with the median wait time increasing to 11.1 weeks —and DVSA’s switch to reporting the median as the headline figure has done nothing to convey recovery.   |  |  |  |\n| LATEST DV SA SNAPSHOT · GREAT BRITAIN , JULY 2 0 2 6   |  |  |  |\n| 197,295   |  |  | Tests conducted   |\n| 102,862   |  |  | Tests passed   |\n| 52.1%   |  |  | Pass rate   |\n| 32,110   |  |  | Overtime testslots   |\n| 20.2 weeks   |  |  | 10%+ availability (national average)   |\n| 11.14 weeks   |  |  | Median booking-to-test wait   |\n\nDVSA’sown data shows the median wait at 11.1 weeks — andthe national average holding above 20 weeks.  \nSource: DVSAtable DRT121G. 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