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 "title": "Car driving test pass rate, Great Britain",
 "category": "transport",
 "summary": "The share of practical car driving tests in Great Britain that were passed each quarter since April to June 2007, with the tests conducted, from DVSA's table DRT121A.",
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 "volatile": false,
 "status": "Provisional for the current financial year",
 "notes": [
  "Practical car driving tests conducted by DVSA's examiners in Great Britain and the share passed, each quarter of the financial year.",
  "DVSA says the figures from the start of each financial year are provisional until the full year's figures are published (its note 3)."
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   "2007 Q3": 432163.0,
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   "2010 Q4": 350258.0,
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   "2011 Q4": 398744.0,
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   "2012 Q4": 377448.0,
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   "2014 Q2": 360579.0,
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   "2015 Q2": 385915.0,
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   "2019 Q2": 393428.0,
   "2019 Q3": 407671.0,
   "2019 Q4": 425002.0,
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   "2020 Q2": 6264.0,
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   "2021 Q3": 401367.0,
   "2021 Q4": 419743.0,
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   "2022 Q3": 412735.0,
   "2022 Q4": 425183.0,
   "2023 Q1": 446907.0,
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   "2023 Q3": 432177.0,
   "2023 Q4": 518975.0,
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   "2024 Q3": 448687.0,
   "2024 Q4": 454657.0,
   "2025 Q1": 466527.0,
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   "2025 Q3": 485114.0,
   "2025 Q4": 515022.0,
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  "govuk_page_title": "Driving test and theory test data: cars",
  "attachment_title": "Car driving tests conducted, passed and pass rates by financial quarter and financial year: Great Britain"
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  "label": "Car driving test pass rate",
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  "period": "2026 Q2",
  "note": "of 543,773 tests"
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