Driving Tests
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent driving examiners recruited by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) were (a) in post and (b) delivering practical car driving tests in June 2026.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
The answer to question 6277, 15 June 2026, provided data on the failure to attend (FTA) rate for car practical driving tests in April and May 2026. In June 2026, the FTA rate was 2.9%.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) monitors failure-to-attend rates and consider potential causes of those rates changing, together with potential interventions to reduce such rates, on an ongoing basis.
In June 2026 there were 1,644 full-time equivalent (FTE) driving examiners (DE) in post, and out of those, 1,589 were available to deliver practical car driving tests.
Data on waiting times can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/driving-test-and-theory-test-data-cars#car-driving-test-waiting-time-and-availability-data
In June 2026, 31 people successfully passed the new entrant driving examiner training course.
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