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Driving Instruction: Qualifications

Asked by Alex SobelLabour (Co-op)Department for TransportTabled Answered 20 April 2026UIN 125480

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for Approved Driving Instructor Part 2 and Part 3 tests.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The two-year validity period of a theory test certificate, including for approved driving instructors (ADI), is set in legislation, and the Government has no current plans to lay further legislation to extend it. DVSA is recruiting additional examiners in its ADI team and has also increased its capacity to train new examiners.

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