---
type: "Public Authority"
title: "Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency"
description: "Great Britain theory and practical driving-test authority in the selected learning route."
status: "observed"
assertion_status: "official"
jurisdiction: "great-britain"
observed_at: "2026-08-07"
sources:
  - id: "govuk-book-theory-test"
    title: "Book your theory test"
    resource: "https://www.gov.uk/book-theory-test"
    author: "organisation:driver-and-vehicle-standards-agency"
    observed_at: "2026-08-07"
---

# Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

DVSA provides the theory and practical test stages in the selected
[Great Britain learning route](../services/great-britain-learn-to-drive-car.md).
It does not issue the licence and is not the Northern Ireland test authority.
