Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2025 to Question 93760 on Driving Tests: Scotland, what progress she has made on the recruitment of driving examiners for driving test centres in (a) Arbroath and (b) Dundee.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is continuing with recruitment campaigns across the country to provide as many tests as possible. A full-time driving examiner (DE) can be expected to add approximately 1,200 tests per year to the booking system.

For Arbroath and Dundee driving test centres (DTC), whilst one candidate did not successfully complete their training earlier this year, DVSA successfully recruited an additional DE for Dundee DTC during the summer.

DVSA is in the process of a new recruitment campaign for 5 DE positions at Dundee in the coming weeks, with the aim for successful candidates to be in place by early 2026.

Additionally, to further support test availability in Dundee and Arbroath, DVSA has transferred an examiner to Dundee DTC from December 2025. DVSA is also in the process of a reinstatement of an examiner in Dundee to be in place in early 2026.