Question follow-through · 982
Driving Instruction: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the fairness and accuracy of the current standards check system for Approved Driving Instructors.
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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 18 May 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the fairness and accuracy of the current standards check system for Approved Driving Instructors.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
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18 May 2026
Answer published
When the current standards checks system was implemented in 2014, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) conducted a full consultation. The system has not changed and, therefore, there has been no formal consultation since those changes. The curre...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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