Overview
- DVSA data for June 2026 shows the Great Britain median wait at 10.7 weeks while 60 test centres had median waits of 17.3 weeks or more.
- A test centre serving Forfar in Angus reported the longest median delay at 29.7 weeks, almost seven months.
- An older, widely used metric that counts weeks until 10% of slots remain rose from 5.8 weeks in February 2020 to about 20.9 weeks in June 2026, a change driven in part by the DVSA allowing bookings up to 24 weeks ahead.
- The government and DVSA have added almost 280,000 extra tests since June 2025 and introduced faster examiner training, military examiners, booking reforms, and a May 2026 rule banning instructors from booking tests for learners.
- Learner drivers face uneven access with major-city hotspots in Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow and London and the backlog risks leaving many waiting longer for work, study or travel plans while progress is monitored through centre-level statistics.