Statistical data set

Driving test and theory test data: passenger carrying vehicles (PCV)

Passenger carrying vehicle (PCV) theory test and driving test volumes and pass rates for Great Britain overall and for each test centre.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Published: 1 January 2025
• Last updated: 14 August 2025 — See all updates

PCV theory test data for Great Britain

Data updated quarterly

These data tables are updated quarterly. They were last updated on 14 August 2025 with data to March 2025.

Table reference	File name
DRT411A	PCV theory tests conducted, passed and pass rates by financial quarter and financial year: Great Britain (ODS, 21.2 KB)
DRT411B	PCV theory tests conducted, passed and pass rates by month, financial quarter, financial year and gender: Great Britain (ODS, 124 KB)

Data updated annually

This data table is updated annually. It was last updated on 14 August 2025 with data to March 2025.

Table reference	File name
DRT411C	PCV theory tests conducted, passed and pass rates by financial year, gender and age: Great Britain (ODS, 246 KB)

PCV theory test data by test centre

This data table is updated annually. It was last updated on 14 August 2025 with data to March 2025.

Table reference	File name
DRT412A	PCV theory test pass rates: test centres (ODS, 413 KB)

PCV driving test data for Great Britain

Data updated quarterly

These data tables are updated quarterly. They were last updated on 14 August 2025 with data to March 2025.

Table reference	File name
DRT421A	PCV driving tests conducted, passed and pass rates by financial quarter and financial year: Great Britain (ODS, 19.9 KB)
DRT421B	PCV driving tests conducted, passed and pass rates by month, financial quarter, financial year and gender: Great Britain (ODS, 62.9 KB)

Data updated annually

This data table is updated annually. It was last updated on 14 August 2025 with data to March 2025

Table reference	File name
DRT421C	PCV driving tests conducted, passed and pass rates by financial year, gender and age: Great Britain (ODS, 87 KB)

PCV driving test data by test centre

These data tables are updated annually. They were last updated on 14 August 2025 with data to March 2025.

Table reference	File name
DRT422A	PCV off-road exercises test by gender: test centres (ODS, 20.5 KB)
DRT422B	PCV on-road driving test by gender: test centres (ODS, 158 KB)

Changes to how this data is published

This data is now all published by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). Before 2025, data for Great Britain overall was published by DfT.

You can view archived versions of the data as it was published by DfT in the National Archives.

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Published 1 January 2025

Last updated 14 August 2025 + show all updates

1. 14 August 2025

   Updated PCV theory test data for Great Britain (tables DRT411A, DRT411B, DRT411C), PCV theory test data by test centre (table DRT412A), PCV driving test data for Great Britain (tables DRT421A, DRT421B, DRT421C) and PCV driving test data by test centre (tables DRT422A, DRT422B) with data to March 2025.

2. 1 January 2025

   First published.