Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the discrepancy is between the number of driving examiners and the required number in the UK; and what it was in each year since 2010.
These figures are published in our Annual Reports and Accounts, which show the number of examiners (FTEs) as at the 31 March each year.
Plan | Actual | Difference | |
March 2010 | 1929 | 1789 | 140 |
March 2011 | 1885 | 1730 | 155 |
March 2012 | 1782 | 1780 | 2 |
March 2013 | 1741 | 1719 | 22 |
March 2014 | 1704 | 1644 | 60 |