Driving Tests: Staff
Commons · Question 5464 · Tabled 1 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to the letter of 22 May from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State to the Hon. Member for Stockton West, if he will set out some of the incentives being offered to examiners to perform more tests;
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 12 Jun 2026
In June 2025, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) reintroduced overtime incentives via the Additional Test Allowance (ATA) scheme. Since then, the agency has conducted around 9,000 to 13,000 extra tests each month through overtime, and between ...