Rejected petition Extend Theory Test Certificate End Dates Or At Least A Discount For Next Test

Rejected on 17 November 2020

Many cannot afford to pay the £23 for a Theory Test they have already done and passed. It is highly unfair that they will have to still stick to the 2 year validation time frame as the pandemic has cut into that, twice.
Many of those live in poverty, so that £23 could make a major impact for some.

There are two ways the Government can possibly go about this:

1. To extend the Theory Pass Validation End date

2. To offer a discount on the next Theory Test

As it was not the learners fault that a pandemic had disrupted their path to passing their driving test.

Also, it is understood that the Government has stated 'it is to keep up to date with the safety of driving' yet Passed drivers do not require to take a Theory Test every 2 years which doesn't make sense.

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Extend driving theory test certificates expiring in 2020/21 by 12 months: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/558160

Publish a plan for dealing with the driving test backlog: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/558971

If you would like the Government to provide a discount or free theory tests for people whose test expire during the Covid-19 outbreak, we could accept a petition requesting this.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.