Question follow-through · 128529
Driving Tests: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) driving examiners were employed by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in each month since July 2024, (b) examiners were fully qualified and deployable in each of those months and (c) vacant dr
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 20 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 23 Apr 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) driving examiners were employed by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in each month since July 2024, (b) examiners were fully qualified and deployable in each of those months and (c) vacant dr
23 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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23 Apr 2026
Answer published
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28 Apr 2026
Answer corrected
Answers to written questions 101471 of 6 January, 104860 of 22 January, 122532 of 25 March, and 124195 of 17 April 2026, respectively provide data on how many full-time equivalent (FTE) driving examiners (DE) employed by the Driver and Vehicle Standards A...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Department for Transport: Tanzania
22 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2026 to Question 120039 on Department for Transport: Aviation, what the purpose was of each flight to Tanzania; which Ministers and senior officials approved each visit; how m
Department for Transport: Slovakia
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British Transport Police: Finance
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Department for Transport: Argentina
28 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 24 March 2026 to WPQ 120039, what the purpose was of the flight to Argentina; which Ministers and senior officials approved the visit; how many officials travelled on that occasion and
Department for Transport: Azerbaijan
28 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 24 March 2026 to WPQ 120039, what the purpose was of each flight to Azerbaijan; which Ministers and senior officials approved each visit; how many officials travelled on each occasion
Department for Transport: Aviation
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Department for Transport: Aviation
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Department for Transport: Aviation
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Department for Transport: Aviation
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