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Driving Tests: Recruitment

Commons · Question 5459 · Tabled 1 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 8 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional full time equivalent driving test examiners have been recruited for a) Darlington, b) Middlesbrough, c) Northallerton, d) Hartlepool and e) England as a whole in each of the last two years,

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 8 Jun 2026

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) publishes data on GOV.UK, in report DRT122A, for the number of practical driving tests conducted at all driving test centres, including at Darlington, Middlesbrough, Northallerton, Hartlepool. The data in rep...