Driving Tests: Staff
(asked on 5th February 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many qualified driving test examiners were available to carry out tests in (a) September, (b) October, (c) November and (d) December 2025.
This question was answered on 11th February 2026
The table below shows how many full-time equivalent (FTE) driving examiners (DE) employed by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency were available to carry out practical car driving tests in September, October, November and December 2025.
Month | No of FTE DEs available to carry out practical driving tests |
September 2025 | 1,464 |
October 2025 | 1,485 |
November 2025 | 1,539 |
December 2025 | 1,542 |