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MSP calls for plan to tackle backlog of driving tests in East Kilbride due to pandemic

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East Kilbride due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Learner drivers will be gearing up to hit the roads after a four-month hiatus – but they may face a lengthy wait before they can fully obtain their licence.Instructors restarted lessons on Monday (August 24) with practical tests expected to start a few weeks later.And while Tory MSP Graham Simpson had welcomed progress after previously demanding clarity from the Scottish Government, he believes a backlog in tests will cause more problems.Figures show Between April-August from 2017-2019, an average 620 driving tests usually take place across East Kilbride indicating that there will be hundreds of people waiting in a backlog .In England and Wales lessons resumed on July 4 while theory tests in.

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