Driving Tests: Training
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 118043, how many applicants were appointed to driving examiner roles in each of the last three years.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
The Government Recruitment Service does not hold information on whether an applicant was successful as a result of a referral, as such the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has had no discussions regarding this.
The table below shows the number of applicants who successfully passed training, to become a driving examiner conducting tests, in each of the last three years:
Successfully passed training | |
2023 | 180 |
2024 | 121 |
2025 | 327 |
The above is the total number for the calendar year, and does not necessarily represent when applicants entered the recruitment process. For example, an applicant might have been recruited onto a training course in 2022 but did not pass the training course until 2023.
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