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Driving Instruction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of assigning a named approved driving instructor to monitor the progress of learner drivers on the level of safety of learner drivers.

answeredAdam DanceDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
18 May 2026
Target answer date
20 May 2026
Answer
21 May 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of assigning a named approved driving instructor to monitor the progress of learner drivers on the level of safety of learner drivers.

  2. 20 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 May 2026

    Answer published

    The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) already provides a nationally recognised framework for learning to drive through its National Standards and the learning to drive syllabus. These set out the skills, knowledge and behaviours needed for safe a...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

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