Driving test wait time target will not be met until autumn next year
The Transport Secretary had been aiming to reduce the backlog to seven weeks by this autumn.
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"My aspiration is to get us back down to a point where when someone is booking a test, they're not having to wait months on end to get one, which is the situation for some people in some locations at the moment."
— Heidi Alexander , Politician
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The Transport Secretary had been aiming to reduce the backlog to seven weeks by this autumn.
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