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Driving Tests: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional full time equivalent driving test examiners have been recruited for a) Darlington, b) Middlesbrough, c) Northallerton, d) Hartlepool and e) England as a whole in each of the last two years,

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
3 Jun 2026
Answer
8 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 1 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional full time equivalent driving test examiners have been recruited for a) Darlington, b) Middlesbrough, c) Northallerton, d) Hartlepool and e) England as a whole in each of the last two years,

  2. 3 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) publishes data on GOV.UK, in report DRT122A, for the number of practical driving tests conducted at all driving test centres, including at Darlington, Middlesbrough, Northallerton, Hartlepool. The data in rep...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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