# Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

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    ---
    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.