Driver theory tests: new examiners to start work in June to clear waiting list of 120,000

In-person driver theory test centres are due to reopen on June 7, with a capacity to clear 25,000 applicants per month, up from 15,000 pre-pandemic.

The reopening of in-person driver theory test centres and the hiring of 80 additional testers "will go some way to addressing the problem" of the 120,000 person backlog currently waiting to take the exam.

In-person driver theory test centres are due to reopen on June 7, with a capacity to clear 25,000 applicants per month, up from 15,000 pre-pandemic.