Driving Instruction: Standards
Commons · Question 984 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 18 May 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent formal consultation his Department has undertaken with Approved Driving Instructors and their representative bodies regarding the standards check system.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 18 May 2026
When the current standards checks system was implemented in 2014, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) conducted a full consultation. The system has not changed and, therefore, there has been no formal consultation since those changes. The curre...