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Driving Tests

Asked by Joe RobertsonConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 25 June 2026UIN 12028

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving examiners started to practice in May 2026.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

As of May 2026, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency had 147 (10.3%) more full-time equivalent driving examiners in post than May last year (1,430). In May 2026, 21 people successfully passed the new entrant driving examiner training course.

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