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Driving Instruction: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of (a) pay and (b) incentives for driving examiners (a) in Oxfordshire, (b) in other high-cost areas and (c) generally.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
23 Oct 2024
Answer
28 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of (a) pay and (b) incentives for driving examiners (a) in Oxfordshire, (b) in other high-cost areas and (c) generally.

  2. 23 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA’s) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards.As of 21 October 2024, there were 567,344 car practical driving tests booked, and 84,092 driving...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Railways: Henley-on-Thames

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Chiltern Railways: Rolling Stock

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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