Petitions/Extend the two year limit on theory tests for PDIs and extend pink licence time
StatusClosed
Opened29 Jul 2025
Closes29 Jan 2026
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Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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Change the time limit to allow for all attempts at the pt2 and pt3 before the theory runs out due to long periods of waiting times for Potential Driving Instructors (PDI). Extend the pink licence to reflect waiting times of tests due to backlogs.

Some PDIs may be waiting over 6 to 10 months for tests by the time they get the tests through they are near the end of their theory test limit, therefore not allowing full opportunity to pass on the 3rd attempt on the pt2 or pt3 tests. Also if injuries are suffered during those 2 years there is no extension of the theory time limit thereby forcing potential instructors to leave their career path to start a new career, which we think is expensive.

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Rosie Wrighting
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Kettering
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Shivani Raja
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Leicester East
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Northampton North
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4Gen Kitchen MP
Wellingborough and Rushden
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Mike Reader
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Northampton South
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Seema Malhotra
7Seema Malhotra MP
Feltham and Heston
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8Shockat Adam MP
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South Northamptonshire
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Stuart Andrew
10Stuart Andrew MP
Daventry
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