Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 48507

Driving Instruction and Driving Tests: Recruitment

Tabled: 28 April 2025
Answered: 7 May 2025

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

Labour — Slough

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps she has taken to help increase the number of (a) driving instructors and (b) examiners.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) does not employ driving instructors. Whilst DVSA does not have the power to either increase or limit the number of approved driving instructors (ADIs), the number of instructors on the DVSA’s ADI register has...
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