United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 92913
Driving Tests
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19 November 2025
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15 December 2025 · Answer
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15 December 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of recruitment and retention challenges in the driving instructor and driving examiner workforce; and what steps she plans to take to raise entry standards, including English
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19 November 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of recruitment and retention challenges in the driving instructor and driving examiner workforce; and what steps she plans to take to raise entry standards, including English
Source: Commons
15 December 2025
Answer
Since July last year, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has recruited and trained 344 driving examiners who are now in post and delivering driving tests. DVSA has had difficulty in retaining experienced driving examiners, some of whom retire ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-19/92913
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1854804
- uk · wq-1854804 · source updated 15 December 2025