Driving Schools block-booking tests has been a problem for at least a decade - when I took my own test. I wrote a basic screen-scraper to alert me when there wa

Driving Schools block-booking tests has been a problem for at least a decade - when I took my own test. I wrote a basic screen-scraper to alert me when there was a cancellation, and when I mentioned this to my instructor he explained that the problem, at least then, was that driving schools could book as many slots as they wanted and get a full refund for cancelled slots. So as long as they had the capital to pay up-front, they could then offer their students the best pick of test slots, which became a reason to use those driving schools. At the time I'd half considered wrapping the script in a UI and letting my instructor use it with his pupils, but other things took priority. Reading "There are also apps that can be purchased, typically for between £10 and £20, that trawl the government website for cancellations" makes me wish I'd made the effort!