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Driving Tests: Staff

Asked by Ruth CadburyLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 11 February 2026UIN 111164

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many qualified driving test examiners were available to carry out tests in (a) September, (b) October, (c) November and (d) December 2025.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The table below shows how many full-time equivalent (FTE) driving examiners (DE) employed by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency were available to carry out practical car driving tests in September, October, November and December 2025.

Month

No of FTE DEs available to carry out practical driving tests

September 2025

1,464

October 2025

1,485

November 2025

1,539

December 2025

1,542

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