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Benbecula Island driving test centre

Balivanich Airport, Benbecula Island, HS7 5LA

Tests here: car.

Waiting times to September 2026 and pass rates for 2025–26, from DVSA statistics published .

Limited data for this centre. Waiting times were published for only 8 of the last 12 months. Only 107 tests were recorded in 2025-26, too few for a steady pass rate. No waiting time for 2026-09; the last one published is for 2026-08.

Median wait, September 2026

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No figure a year ago

Pass rate, 2025–26

72.9%

+22.9 pts vs GB 50.0%

Wait rank in Great Britain

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Weeks to 10% of slots free

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GB 19.7 weeks

DVSA didn't publish a waiting time for Benbecula Island for September 2026. The last one, for August 2026, was 10.6 weeks.

Waiting time over the last two years

Median weeks between booking a test and taking it, for tests taken each month.

  • Benbecula Island
  • Scotland
  • Great Britain
Median weeks between booking and taking a test at Benbecula Island, October 2024 to September 2026Benbecula Island: – in September 2026, against 11.6 weeks for Great Britain.05101520Oct 24Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 2610.6Weeks05101520Jan 25Jul 25Jan 26Jul 2610.6Weeks
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Median weeks between booking and taking a test at Benbecula Island, October 2024 to September 2026
MonthBenbecula IslandScotlandGreat Britain
September 2026–15.111.6
August 202610.616.011.1
July 202610.615.611.1
June 20265.614.410.7
May 20268.413.69.7
April 20269.313.09.1
March 20265.414.79.0
February 2026–14.910.4
January 202612.015.010.1
December 2025–13.310.1
November 2025–13.710.4
October 20258.414.411.6
September 202510.715.012.4
August 2025–13.711.7
July 20255.513.612.0
June 202511.512.911.0
May 20257.913.111.3
April 20255.411.910.6
March 20259.111.310.4
February 2025–12.011.4
January 20259.111.111.0
December 2024–10.010.4
November 20249.19.69.9
October 2024–8.99.7

If your test is booked here

Since 9 June 2026 a car test can only be moved to one of the three centres DVSA lists as nearest by road (or back to the centre where you first booked), and you get two changes in total. For a test booked at Benbecula Island, those three are below. DVSA lists these as the centres a test booked here can be moved to.

Centres a test booked at Benbecula Island can be moved to
CentreDriving distance (DVSA)Median waitvs Benbecula IslandPass rate 2025–26
Barraabout 47 miles by roadabout 47 mi–––
Isle of Skye (Portree)about 66 miles by roadabout 66 mi3.4 weeks–57.0%
Stornowayabout 95 miles by roadabout 95 mi9.9 weeks–66.6%

From DVSA's list of centres you can move your test to, which it says may change. The change service shows your actual options.

Pass rates

In 2025–26 (April 2025 to March 2026), 107 car tests were taken here and 72.9% passed, 22.9 points above the Great Britain rate (50.0%). The year before it was 78.8%, so the rate fell by 5.9 points. First attempts did about the same: 73.2% of 71 first-time candidates passed, and 1.4% did it with no faults at all.

  • Benbecula Island
  • Great Britain average
  • All tests
    72.9%22.9 points above Great Britain (50.0%)
  • First attempts
    73.2%22.7 points above Great Britain (50.5%)
  • First attempt with zero faults
    1.4%1.5 points below Great Britain (2.9%)
  • Men
    68.4%17.6 points above Great Britain (50.8%)
  • Women
    78.0%28.9 points above Great Britain (49.1%)
  • 17-year-oldsGB figure is the sum of listed centres
    80.6%17.0 points above Great Britain (63.6%)
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Pass rates at Benbecula Island compared with Great Britain, 2025–26
MeasureBenbecula IslandGreat Britain
All tests72.9%50.0%
First attempts73.2%50.5%
First attempt with zero faults1.4%2.9%
Men68.4%50.8%
Women78.0%49.1%
17-year-olds80.6%63.6%

Pass rate by year

  • Benbecula Island
  • Great Britain
Car test pass rate at Benbecula Island by financial yearPass rate at Benbecula Island in 2025–26: 72.9%; Great Britain 50.0%.020406080100Great Britain, 2019–20: 45.9%2019–20Great Britain, 2020–21: 49.8%2020–21Great Britain, 2021–22: 48.9%2021–22Benbecula Island, 2022–23: 85.7%86Great Britain, 2022–23: 48.4%2022–23Benbecula Island, 2023–24: 91.0%91Great Britain, 2023–24: 47.9%2023–24Benbecula Island, 2024–25: 78.8%79Great Britain, 2024–25: 48.7%2024–25Benbecula Island, 2025–26: 72.9%73Great Britain, 2025–26: 50.0%2025–26Pass rate, %020406080100Great Britain, 2019–20: 45.9%’19Great Britain, 2020–21: 49.8%’20Great Britain, 2021–22: 48.9%’21Benbecula Island, 2022–23: 85.7%86Great Britain, 2022–23: 48.4%’22Benbecula Island, 2023–24: 91.0%91Great Britain, 2023–24: 47.9%’23Benbecula Island, 2024–25: 78.8%79Great Britain, 2024–25: 48.7%’24Benbecula Island, 2025–26: 72.9%73Great Britain, 2025–26: 50.0%’25Pass rate, %
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Car test pass rate at Benbecula Island by financial year
YearBenbecula IslandGreat Britain
2019–20–45.9%
2020–21–49.8%
2021–22–48.9%
2022–2385.7%48.4%
2023–2491.0%47.9%
2024–2578.8%48.7%
2025–2672.9%50.0%

Years run April to March; ’20 is 2020–21.

Tests cancelled by DVSA

In 2024–25 DVSA cancelled 4 tests at Benbecula Island, about 38.5 for every 1,000 tests taken (Great Britain: 50.7). The biggest reason was weather and other acts of nature (4). These are cancellations by DVSA, not by learners; DVSA should rebook you and may owe you expenses.

  • Weather and other acts of nature4

The nearest theory test centre

The closest theory test centre DVSA publishes figures for is Lochmaddy (Old Lochmaddy School, HS6 5AA), 12 mi away. In 2025–26, 43.5% of its 92 car theory tests were passes, 1.3 points below the Great Britain rate (44.8%). You can sit the theory test at any centre.

Nearby centres

No nearby centre had a pass rate more than 2 points higher. You can book a new test at any centre in Great Britain, but once it's booked a car test can only be moved to the three centres DVSA names for that centre. Distances here are straight-line.

Centres near Benbecula Island, with median wait in September 2026 and 2025–26 pass rate
Centre24 months
Isle of Skye (Portree)43 mi3.4 weeks57.0%
  • This centre
  • Shorter wait
  • Other nearby
Isle of Skye (Portree): 3.4 weeksBenbecula IslandBenbecula Island

Reading these figures

  • The waiting time is a median for tests taken that month: half of candidates booked closer to their test date, half further ahead. It is not the earliest date you could book today, which can be sooner when tests are cancelled or extra ones are added.
  • DVSA marks figures from April 2025 onwards as provisional; they can be revised at the quarterly update.
  • DVSA left out the median wait for 7 of the last 24 months at this centre (gaps in the chart), usually because too few tests were taken or the centre was closed.
  • With 107 tests in a year, a handful of results moves the pass rate by several points. Treat small differences with caution.
  • Pass rates are published once a year; the latest cover April 2025 to March 2026. Waiting times are monthly, to September 2026.
  • The figures cover DVSA car tests only, not tests run by delegated examiners (such as some fleet and emergency service tests).

To book or move a test, use the official services: book your driving test or change your driving test on GOV.UK. DVSA explains when new tests are released. We have no link with DVSA and no access to its booking system.

Sources

DVSA, Driving test and theory test data: cars: tables DRT122F (waiting times), DRT121G (regional and national), DRT122A to DRT122E (pass rates), DRT122B (cancellations) and DRT112A (theory tests). Address and coordinates from GOV.UK's Find a driving test centre. Open Government Licence v3.0. Checked 3 November 2026.