Question follow-through · 73902
Driving Instruction: Qualifications
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps she has taken to help reduce waiting lists for Approved Driving Instructor exams; and what recent progress her Department has made in reducing those backlogs.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps she has taken to help reduce waiting lists for Approved Driving Instructor exams; and what recent progress her Department has made in reducing those backlogs.
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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4 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is seeing an increased demand for Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) tests for those wishing to qualify as driving instructors. Since 2018-19, DVSA has seen a 152% increase in the number of those applying to s...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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