Written questions

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...