Question follow-through · 92686
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving tests a full-time driving examiner can conduct per year, allowing for annual leave.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 19 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 28 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving tests a full-time driving examiner can conduct per year, allowing for annual leave.
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Nov 2025
Answer published
A full-time driving examiner can be expected to add approximately 1,200 tests per year to the booking system.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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