Written questions

Driving Tests: Recruitment

Commons · Question 122445 · Tabled 19 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 26 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Rebecca Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 118042, whether the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has set any key performance indicators for recruitment campaigns for driving examiner roles.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 26 Mar 2026

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) monitors the performance of recruitment campaigns, including:monitoring pass rates for each of the stages in the recruitment process and comparing these between campaignsaverage times between advert and job o...