Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving examiners started to practice in June 2026.

The answer to question 6277, 15 June 2026, provided data on the failure to attend (FTA) rate for car practical driving tests in April and May 2026. In June 2026, the FTA rate was 2.9%.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) monitors failure-to-attend rates and consider potential causes of those rates changing, together with potential interventions to reduce such rates, on an ongoing basis.

In June 2026 there were 1,644 full-time equivalent (FTE) driving examiners (DE) in post, and out of those, 1,589 were available to deliver practical car driving tests.

Data on waiting times can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/driving-test-and-theory-test-data-cars#car-driving-test-waiting-time-and-availability-data

In June 2026, 31 people successfully passed the new entrant driving examiner training course.