Driving Tests: Labour Turnover
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving examiners a) ceased to and b) started to practice in i) March and ii) April 2026.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
On 31 March 2026, the Driver and Vehicle Service Agency (DVSA) had 1,604 full-time equivalent driving examiners (DE), the highest number since 2018 and 188 more DEs than on 30 April 2025.
The table below shows the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) driving examiners (DE) who left DVSA and how many people successfully completed the training process in March 2026. The data for those leaving DVSA includes all DEs who have left including, for example, people were unsuccessful in completing the training process.
DEs leaving DVSA in March 2026 | People successfully completing the training process in March 2026 |
16.82 FTE | 48 |
Data for April 2026 will be available in May 2026.
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