Question follow-through · 92193
Driving Tests: Proof of Identity
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what training and refresher courses are provided to driving test examiners to spot impersonation attempts.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 27 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what training and refresher courses are provided to driving test examiners to spot impersonation attempts.
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Nov 2025
Answer published
To ensure Great Britain’s roads remain among the safest in the world, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has robust measures in place to stop people using false identities when taking a driving test, to prevent illegitimate licences being issu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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