Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 122528

Driving Tests: Recruitment

Tabled: 20 March 2026

Answered: 30 March 2026

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 118042, what steps the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is taking to improve the collection and use of recruitment data for driving examiner vacancies.

Answer

Simon Lightwood

For driving examiner recruitment campaigns up to November 2025, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) used data available from the Civil Service recruitment standard applicants survey. This shows which advertising routes generate candidates; howe...

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