Driving Tests: Recruitment
Commons · Question 4299 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 3 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Jerome Mayhew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent driving examiners recruited by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency were (a) in post and (b) delivering practical car driving tests in April 2026.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 3 Jun 2026
In April 2026 there were 1,618 full-time equivalent (FTE) driving examiners in post, and out of those, 1,604 were available to deliver practical car driving tests.The national average waiting time (when a minimum of 10% of test slots are available) for a ...