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Driving Tests: Fife

Asked by Melanie WardLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 18 July 2025UIN 67236

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress her Department has made on increasing driving examiner recruitment in Fife.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times.

The driving test centres that serve candidates in Fife are Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy. From a recent recruitment campaign a potential new driving examiner (DE) has been offered a position in Dunfermline. Following successful completion of training and pre-employment checks, it is hopeful the candidate will be in post by autumn. A further potential DE who had been offered a post in Kirkcaldy, has since withdrawn from the process.

DVSA will be undertaking another recruitment campaign shortly and will again advertise for posts in this area.

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