DVSA confirms new £62 rule for drivers from May 12
The new rules aim to make things "fairer" for drivers.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has confirmed a new £62 rule for learner drivers from May 12. Changes introduced on Tuesday (May 12) mean that learner drivers should only ever pay the official DVSA fee of £62 for a driving test on weekends, or £75 on evenings, weekends and bank holidays. The fixed fees come as part of new rules to make booking driving tests fairer for learner drivers, putting them “firmly in control of their own booking”.
Under the changes, it is now against the law for third parties, including unofficial test booking and cancellation finder services, as well as driving instructors, to make a driving test booking for someone else. It is also a breach of DVSA’s terms and conditions for the booking service for third parties to change, swap or cancel a driving test for someone else.
The DVSA said the changes aim to crackdown on people reselling tests for profit and mean learner drivers will no longer have to pay inflated prices to third parties when booking their test.
Beverley Warmington, DVSA Chief Executive, said: “Our priority is to stop learners being exploited by third parties, put them in control of their driving test and make the process fairer by clamping down on businesses that resell tests at inflated prices.
“These new measures help bring a halt to a system where the use of bots and third parties increases the amount some learners pay for a test and blocks test availability for many others. These measures will help free up appointments for genuine learners who are ready to take their test.”
The DVSA said the changes introduced on May 12 build on the reduction in the number of changes that can be made to a test from six down to two, which came into force on March 31, 2026.
And further restrictions are due to come into force on June 9, 2026, which will limit learners to moving their test only to one of the three nearest driving test centres.
The move aims to deter people from making bookings at locations where learners don’t intend to take their test.
Driving instructors and driving schools can still advise learners on when they are ready to take a test and set their available times, preventing learners from booking tests at times that don’t work for them.
Simon Lightwood, Minister for Roads and Buses, added: “This government inherited record waiting times and a huge backlog of learners waiting for tests, with the system seeing too many people paying over the odds to third-party touts.
“But we’re taking action and seeing results, delivering almost 2 million tests over the past year, more than 158,000 extra tests since June 2025, and military driving examiners now on the ground helping boost capacity across the country.
“These new rules put learners back in control by stopping others from snapping up tests and reselling them for profit, helping make the system fairer and ensuring tests go to the people who genuinely need them.”
