Question follow-through · 88788
Civil Aviation Authority and Office of Rail and Road: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have been employed by (a) the Office of Rail and Road, (b) the Civil Aviation Authority and (c) the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in each year since 2005.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 10 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have been employed by (a) the Office of Rail and Road, (b) the Civil Aviation Authority and (c) the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in each year since 2005.
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Nov 2025
Answer published
Information regarding the requested Public Bodies’ staff numbers is published in their respective Annual Report and Accounts. The DVSA was established in 2014.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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