Question follow-through · 125759

Driving Tests: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of social media, email alerts and in-centre advertising for driving examiner roles by conversion to (a) completed applications and (b) successful hires.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 10 Apr 2026
Target answer date: 14 Apr 2026
Answer: 20 Apr 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of social media, email alerts and in-centre advertising for driving examiner roles by conversion to (a) completed applications and (b) successful hires.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Apr 2026
Answer published
I refer the Honourable Member to the answer to Question 122595, 30 March 2026.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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