Driving test and licence fees
These are the fees the State charges, each one read from the instrument that sets it. No driving-school prices appear anywhere on this page, because a school’s price is not law.
What the State charges
Each figure read from the provision that sets it.
Scroll for the amount and the body it is payable to
| Fee | For | Amount | Payable to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car theory test | Theory test | £23 | DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) |
| Car practical test, normal hoursA test appointment between 07:30 and 16:30 on a working day. "Working day" excludes Saturday, Sunday, bank holidays, Christmas Day and Good Friday. | Practical test | £62 | DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) |
| Car practical test, out of hoursAny appointment time outside 07:30–16:30 on a working day — evenings, weekends and bank holidays. | Practical test | £75 | DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) |
| Extended driving test, normal hoursOnly where a court has ordered, under Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 s. 36, that the driver be disqualified until an extended test is passed. The extended test requires not less than 60 minutes of road driving against the ordinary test's 30. | Practical test | £124 | DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) |
| Extended driving test, out of hours | Practical test | £150 | DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) |
| First provisional licence, applied for online | Licence application | £34 | DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) |
| First provisional licence, applied for by post | Licence application | £43 | DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) |
| Provisional licence after a new-driver revocationWhere a licence has been revoked under the new-driver regime and the holder returns to provisional entitlement. | Licence replacement | £50 | DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) |
Sourced — legislationThe Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2864), reg 30(3)(c), reg 35, Sch 3 Part 1, Sch 5legislation.gov.ukrevised text retrieved 13 August 2026
Normal hours and out of hours
A practical test costs more outside normal hours, and “normal hours” is defined in the Regulations rather than left to the test centre: for a car test it means an appointment between 07:30 and 16:30 on a working day. A working day is any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, bank holiday, Christmas Day or Good Friday — so an evening, a weekend or a bank holiday appointment carries the higher fee.
One case runs the other way. Where the Secretary of State cancels a normal-hours appointment and it cannot reasonably be rearranged within normal hours, the normal-hours fee is what is payable even though the test runs outside them.
Sourced — legislationThe Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2864), reg 35(4), (6), (7)legislation.gov.ukrevised text retrieved 13 August 2026
Two things that cost nothing, and one this site will not price
The first full licence carries no fee
There is no row above for issuing the full licence after a pass, and that is a finding rather than an omission. The fee schedule charges for a licence granted in exchange for a subsisting one, but expressly excludes a licence granted to reflect additional driving entitlement not shown on the licence submitted in exchange — which is exactly what the full licence issued on passing is.
No driving-school prices appear anywhere on this site
Lesson rates are not law. They vary by provider and by city, no instrument sets them, and a school’s advertised price rendered beside a statutory fee in the same table would borrow an authority it does not have. This page carries the fees the State charges and nothing else.