Learner drivers will now be quizzed on their life-saving CPR skills when taking their theory tests.

The new questions on CPR and defibrillators will be added to theory tests from early next year.

"Part of being a safe and responsible driver is knowing what to do in an emergency - how to step in and make a real, life-saving difference," said Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) chief driving examiner Mark Winn.

"Learning CPR and how to use a defibrillator is a very simple skill."

More than 40,000 people in the UK suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest every year and motorists are often first on the scene, according to the DVSA.

However, fewer than one in 10 people survive.

If CPR is given and a defibrillator used within three to five minutes of collapse, though, survival rates

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