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Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent driving examiners recruited by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) were (a) in post and (b) delivering practical car driving tests in May 2026.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
19 Jun 2026
Target answer date
24 Jun 2026
Answer
24 Jun 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent driving examiners recruited by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) were (a) in post and (b) delivering practical car driving tests in May 2026.

  2. 24 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    In May 2026, there were 1,630.14 full-time equivalent driving examiners in post, and out of those, 1,577 were available to deliver practical car driving tests.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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