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Lianne Parkinson

Lianne Parkinson is DVSA's Head of Driver Policy. She is responsible for leading on policy development of driving and riding test services and road safety standards.

Changes to OBS: how they affect driving instructors and businesses

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Earlier this year I updated you on our progress on what we are doing to tackle businesses who are buying large amounts of tests and selling them for a profit.   The purpose of ‘book and manage your pupils’ test …

What we are doing to tackle companies selling driving tests for profit

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We want to update you on the measures we’ve introduced so far to help learner drivers from being exploited by people and companies selling them driving tests at an inflated price and on the impact, they are having on learners …

What the driving test eyesight check might be like in the future

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Driving test candidate carrying out an eyesight check

We are consulting on a number of proposals to encourage learner drivers to be better prepared to take their driving test. This blog explains why we are proposing to change the law so that we can carry out driving test eyesight checks in any level of light.