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Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving examiners started to practice in June 2026.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
7 Jul 2026
Target answer date
13 Jul 2026
Answer
13 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving examiners started to practice in June 2026.

  2. 13 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The answer to question 6277, 15 June 2026, provided data on the failure to attend (FTA) rate for car practical driving tests in April and May 2026. In June 2026, the FTA rate was 2.9%. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) monitors failure-to-att...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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