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From 23 January 2012 the driving theory test will no longer use pre-published questions in a move to stop candidates from learning answers by rote.
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 23 January 2012
Type: Press release
Driving test candidates booked to take their test on 30 November are urged to turn up at the test centre despite the threat of industrial action.
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 28 November 2011
Type: Press release
Bydd profion gyrru yn dychwelyd i’r Barri yn rhan o arbrawf i ddod â phrofion gyrru yn agosach at ymgeiswyr.
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 15 November 2011
Type: Press release
Driving test candidates in the Trowbridge area will benefit from a more local service under plans confirmed by DSA.
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 15 November 2011
Type: Press release
Driving tests will be returning to Barry as part of a trial bringing practical car tests closer to candidates.
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 15 November 2011
Type: Press release
Proposals to modernise the Drink-Drive Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS) have been announced by DSA.
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 9 November 2011
Type: Press release
A new framework setting out the key competences expected of driving instructors and motorcycle trainers has been published by DSA.
Mode/topic: Roads
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 31 October 2011
Type: Press release
Bus, coach and lorry drivers with a British paper driving licence are asked to exchange it for a photocard licence to get their DQC at no cost.
Mode/topic: Roads, Freight transport, Road transport, Vehicles
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 18 October 2011
Type: Press release
Learner riders in the Shetlands will now be able to take both parts of the motorcycle test without leaving the islands.
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 13 October 2011
Type: Press release
New official driving and riding theory books have been published to help candidates revise in preparation for changes to the test in January 2012.
Mode/topic: Roads
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 19 September 2011
Type: Press release
From 31 October, learner drivers in North and East Ayrshire will be able to take their practical driving test at a new test centre in Irvine.
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 14 September 2011
Type: Press release
• Test for new taxi drivers • Assessments at Kings Lynn • Road safety initiative
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 5 September 2011
Type: Press release
Driving test candidates in the Barry area could benefit from a more local service as the DSA carries out a trial exploring a new approach to test delivery.
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 25 July 2011
Type: Press release
Gallai ymgeiswyr prawf gyrru yn ardal Y Barri elwa o wasanaeth mwy lleol wrth i’r Asiantaeth Safonau Gyrru (DSA) gynnal treial i archwilio agwedd newydd i gyflawni profion. Mae hwn yn un o saith treial i ddarparu profion car ymarferol mewn ardaloedd dethol sydd heb ganolfan brawf leol ar hyn o bryd ond sydd o…
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 25 July 2011
Type: Press release
A free online service making it easy for learner drivers to find qualified instructors in their area has been launched by DSA.
Mode/topic: Roads
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 18 July 2011
Type: Press release
Heddiw, lansiwyd gwasanaeth gan yr Asianaeth Safonau Gyrru (DSA) – gwasanaeth ar-lein rhad ac am ddim i’w gwneud yn haws i’r rhai sy’n dysgu gyrru gael gafael ar hyfforddwyr gyrru cymwys yn eu hardal. Mae ‘Dewch o hyd i’ch hyfforddwr gyrru agosaf’ ar gael ar Directgov. Mae’n rhestru’r hyfforddwyr gyrru cymwys sydd wedi llofnodi i…
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 18 July 2011
Type: Press release
• Dyfernir y contract am dair blynedd gyda’r dewis i ymestyn • Mae’r cais yn cynnwys cyhoeddi Rheolau’r Ffordd Fawr
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 13 July 2011
Type: Press release
• Contract awarded for three years with option to extend • Bid includes publication of the Highway Code
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 13 July 2011
Type: Press release
Mae’r Asiantaeth Safonau Gyrru yn annog pob ymgeisydd prawf gyrru sydd wedi bwcio i gymryd prawf ar Ddydd Iau 30 Mehefin i fynychu fel arfer er gaethaf y bygythiad o weithredu diwydiannol gan arholwyr sy’n aelodau o’r undeb Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus a Masnachol (PCS). Meddai prif weithredwr yr Asiantaeth Safonau Gyrru, Rosemary Thew: “Nid yw pob…
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 28 June 2011
Type: Press release
DSA is urging all driving test candidates booked to take a test on Thursday 30 June to attend, regardless of the threat of strike action by examiners.
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 28 June 2011
Type: Press release
DSA is bringing practical driving tests back to Girvan and plans to resume testing in the town by the end of July.
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 27 June 2011
Type: Press release
Gallai ymgeiswyr prawf gyrru elwa o wasanaeth mwy lleol wrth i’r DSA gyflawni treial sy’n ymchwilio i agwedd newydd tuag at gyflenwi profion.
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 27 June 2011
Type: Press release
DSA is bringing practical driving tests back to Cumnock and plans to resume testing in the town by the end of July.
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 27 June 2011
Type: Press release
Driving tests in Ashford are being evaluated as part of a national trial that aims to provide a more local service for candidates.
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 27 June 2011
Type: Press release
Driving test candidates in the Warrington area could benefit from a more local service as DSA carries out a trial exploring a new approach to test delivery
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 27 June 2011
Type: Press release
DSA is bringing practical driving tests back to Louth after reaching an agreement to deliver tests from the town’s Meridian Leisure Centre.
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 27 June 2011
Type: Press release
Driving test candidates in Wiltshire could benefit from a more local service as DSA carries out a trial exploring a new approach to test delivery.
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 27 June 2011
Type: Press release
Driving test candidates could benefit from a more local service as DSA carries out a trial exploring a new approach to test .
Mode/topic: Roads
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 27 June 2011
Type: Press release
Driving tests in Dumbarton are being evaluated as part of a national trial that aims to provide a more local service for driving test candidates.
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 27 June 2011
Type: Press release
• Asiantaethau Trafnidiaeth i arbed dros £9m dros gyfnod cytundeb
• Cytundeb pedair blynedd gyda grŵp gwasanaethau, cynnal a chadw ac adeiladu
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 14 June 2011
Type: Press release
• Transport agencies to save more than £9m over contract lifetime • Four year contract with services, maintenance and building group
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 14 June 2011
Type: Press release
• Centre to close due to over-capacity in the area • Tests to be delivered in Newcastle • No change to practical testing provision
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 25 May 2011
Type: Press release
• Centre to close due to over-capacity in the area • Tests to be delivered in Liverpool and Chester • No change to practical testing provision
Mode/topic: Roads, Rail safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 25 May 2011
Type: Press release
• Centre to close due to over-capacity in the area • Tests to be delivered in Ipswich • No change to practical testing provision
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 25 May 2011
Type: Press release
• Centre to close due to over-capacity in the area • Tests to be delivered in Liverpool • No change to practical testing provision
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 25 May 2011
Type: Press release
• Centre to close due to over-capacity in the area • Tests to be delivered in Edinburgh • No change to practical testing provision
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 25 May 2011
Type: Press release
• Centre to close due to over-capacity in the area • Tests to be delivered in Carlisle and Barrow in Furness • No change to practical testing provision
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 25 May 2011
Type: Press release
• Centre to close due to over-capacity in the area • Tests to be delivered in Reading • No change to practical testing provision
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 25 May 2011
Type: Press release
• Centre to close due to over-capacity in the area • Tests to be delivered in Glasgow • No change to practical testing provision
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 25 May 2011
Type: Press release
• Centre to close due to over-capacity in the area • Tests to be delivered in Birmingham and Coventry • No change to practical testing provision
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 25 May 2011
Type: Press release
• Centre to close due to over-capacity in the area • Tests to be delivered in Glasgow • No change to practical testing provision
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 25 May 2011
Type: Press release
• Centre to close due to over-capacity in the area • Tests to be delivered in Bristol and Swindon • No change to practical testing provision
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 25 May 2011
Type: Press release
One of Britain’s best selling and most iconic publications – the Highway Code – is 80 years-old on 14 April 2011.
Mode/topic: Roads, Road management, Road safety, Traffic signs, Vehicles
Delivered by:Mike Penning MP Date: 14 April 2011
Type: Press release
• Driving assessments for new taxi drivers • Assessments at Darlington • Road safety initiative
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 7 April 2011
Type: Press release
• Driving assessments for new taxi drivers • Assessments at Failsworth and Chorley • Road safety initiative
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 7 April 2011
Type: Press release
• Driving assessments for new taxi drivers • Assessments at Reading and Newbury • Road safety initiative
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 7 April 2011
Type: Press release
• Test for new taxi drivers • Assessments at Hartlepool • Road safety initiative
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 7 April 2011
Type: Press release
• Test for new taxi drivers • Assessments at three centres • Road safety initiative
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 7 April 2011
Type: Press release
• Driving assessments for new taxi drivers • Assessments at four centres • Road safety initiative
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 7 April 2011
Type: Press release
DSA has announced the closure of its area office at Caradog House in Cardiff.
Mode/topic: Roads, Road safety, Transparency
Published by:Driving Standards Agency Date: 18 January 2011
Type: Press release
