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Driving examiner strike: December 2022 and January 2023

Driver Vehicle Standards Agency

November 29
19:17 2022

Some driving examiners who are members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union are planning to take strike action at times during December 2022 and January 2023.

The strike action is part of national industrial action by the PCS union over pay, pensions, jobs and redundancy terms.

When the strikes will be held

The strikes will affect driving test centres in different parts of Great Britain at different times.

Dates Areas affected
Tuesday 13 December to Sunday 18 December North-east England and Scotland
Monday 19 December to Saturday 24 December North-west England and Yorkshire and the Humber
Wednesday 28 December to Saturday 31 December, and Tuesday 3 January East of England, East Midlands and West Midlands
Wednesday 4 January to Tuesday 10 January London, south-east England, south-west England and Wales

This page will be updated soon to show which driving test centres are in each areas.

The strike action might affect:

  • car driving tests
  • motorcycle tests
  • lorry, bus, coach and minibus driving tests (these are known as vocational tests)
  • tractor or specialist vehicle driving test
  • approved driving instructor (ADI) part 2 (driving ability) or part 3 (instructional ability) tests

Driving tests with private test providers

Your test will not be affected by the strike action if youre taking it with a private test provider. This includes some:

  • Driver CPC part 3a (off-road exercise) tests
  • Driver CPC part 4 (practical demonstration) tests

Theory tests

Theory tests are not affected by the strike action and will be taking place as planned.

Stay up to date

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will contact you as soon as possible if you may be affected by strike action.

This page will be updated when more information is available.

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