{"id":59722,"date":"2015-07-29T08:30:08","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T08:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=c2569bd571cde6a83acd77075b052621"},"modified":"2015-07-29T08:30:08","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T08:30:08","slug":"news-story-reduced-theory-test-costs-from-october-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=59722","title":{"rendered":"News story: Reduced theory test costs from October 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Theory test fees for other types of vehicle will also be reduced.<\/p>\n<p>The changes apply to theory tests taken from 1 October 2015.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>You can now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/book-theory-test\">book tests<\/a> for 1 October onwards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>You\u2019ll have to pay the old fee if you choose a test date before 1 October 2015.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Type of test<\/th>\n<th>Current cost<\/th>\n<th>Cost from 1 October 2015<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/driving-theory-test\">Car theory test<\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u00a325<\/td>\n<td>\u00a323<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/driving-theory-test\/the-abridged-car-theory-test\">Abridged car theory test<\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u00a319<\/td>\n<td>\u00a318<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/driving-theory-test\">Motorcycle theory test<\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u00a325<\/td>\n<td>\u00a323<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/become-lorry-bus-driver\/bus-and-lorry-driver-theory-test\">Driver CPC part 1:<br \/>multiple-choice<\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u00a328<\/td>\n<td>\u00a326<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/become-lorry-bus-driver\/bus-and-lorry-driver-theory-test\">Driver CPC part 1:<br \/>hazard perception<\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u00a312<\/td>\n<td>\u00a311<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/driver-certificate-of-professional-competence-cpc\/the-driver-cpc-initial-qualification\">Driver CPC part 2:<br \/>case studies<\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u00a324<\/td>\n<td>\u00a323<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/adi-part-1-test\">Approved driving instructor (<abbr title=\"approved driving instructor\">ADI<\/abbr>) part 1 test<\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u00a383<\/td>\n<td>\u00a381<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 id=\"avoid-extra-costs-when-you-book\">Avoid extra costs when you book<\/h2>\n<p>You can save money by using the official theory test booking service at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/booktheorytest\">www.gov.uk\/booktheorytest<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>You only pay for the cost of the test itself when you use the official booking service on GOV.UK. <\/p>\n<p>Other websites might charge extra fees.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"keeping-costs-down-for-motorists\">Keeping costs down for motorists<\/h2>\n<p>The changes were announced in 2014, and follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/learner-drivers-to-pay-less-for-theory-tests-from-october-2014\">costs being cut from \u00a331 to \u00a325<\/a>  in October 2014 .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cost of car and motorcycle theory tests will drop from \u00a325 to \u00a323 in October 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59722"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}