Stop private agencies to block the driving test dates to avoid expensive fees

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Government should stop the private agencies from blocking driving test dates. They block test dates all over UK in many test centres and stop the dates from becoming available in the DVSA website. Since there are no dates, people go to these websites and pay triple the money just to get a date ASAP.

Private agencies who use instructor's reference to book tests, block multiple dates in all the centres all over UK. They have different websites, whatsapp groups, facebook pages. They charge from price range 165£ to 300£ per test. I got a test booked through DVSA in November. I wanted to move the test date earlier. Through a website online they got me booked for an earlier date at September for 165£. When I asked another website they asked me 175£ for a weekday test excluding DVSA fee

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Ban the Sale of Practical Driving Tests for More Than The Original Price
Ban the Sale of Practical Driving Tests for More Than The Original Price

Timeline

18 Jul 2023	Petition opened for signatures
25 Jul 2023	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 25 Jul 2023

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