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Driving Tests: Vacancies

Asked by Shivani RajaConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 26 March 2026UIN 122319

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 118043, how much the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has spent on advertising driving examiner vacancies in each of the last three years.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The table below shows the driver recruitment campaigns that the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has spent advertising on, in each of the last three financial years to date.

Financial Year

Spend (£)

Number of Campaigns

2023/24

19,675.05

4

2024/25

30,903.89

3

2025/26

8,000.00

3

Total

58,578.94

10

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