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Learn to drive a car in the UK - get a provisional licence, take driving lessons, prepare for your theory test, book your practical test
Book your official DVSA practical driving test for cars from £62, or other types of practical driving tests, including motorcycle and driving instructor tests
Guidance for driving examiners carrying out the practical and extended driving tests for cars.
Train people to become driving instructors by joining the official register of driving instructor training (ORDIT) - including the assessments you have to pass.
Driver standards statistics on the numbers and pass rates for driving, riding theory, practical tests and registered driving and riding instructors.
Qualify as an HGV or bus driver, requalify if you used to drive an HGV or bus, get a provisional licence, take the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) tests.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Driver standards statistics on the numbers and pass rates for driving and riding theory and practical tests, and registered driving and riding instructors.
A way of teaching people the skills, knowledge and understanding they need to be a safe and responsible car or light van driver.
Statistical data sets about the number of car driving tests where the candidate made no faults, and the top 10 faults people make in the car driving test.
An index of all driver and rider testing and instructor statistics data tables.
The number of theory tests and driving tests taken between January 2012 to March 2012, pass rates, and the number of instructors.
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