Buses: Driving Tests
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many category D1 (minibus) practical driving tests have been conducted by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in each of the last 30 years.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
The table below shows the number of category D1 minibus tests conducted by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and by delegated examiners for each year for which data is available.
Year | DVSA | Delegated examiners | Total |
2013 | 3303 | 670 | 3973 |
2014 | 2954 | 868 | 3822 |
2015 | 3009 | 884 | 3893 |
2016 | 3246 | 801 | 4047 |
2017 | 3018 | 625 | 3643 |
2018 | 2895 | 763 | 3658 |
2019 | 2910 | 1119 | 4029 |
2020 | 1131 | 684 | 1815 |
2021 | 1216 | 734 | 1950 |
2022 | 1941 | 893 | 2834 |
2023 | 2489 | 965 | 3454 |
2024 | 2219 | 227 | 2446 |
2025 | 2184 | 885 | 3069 |
Please note testing for D1 during the years of 2020 and 2021 was reduced due to the covid pandemic.
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