Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applicants for jobs at the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency have (a) declared themselves as disabled and (b) been successful (i) in the sift and (ii) at interview at each grade in each year since the agency was established.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) holds the requested data for a rolling 24 month period, in line with the Data Protection Act. A total of 1,744 applicants for roles within the DVSA in the last 24 months declared themselves disabled. Of these, 647 were successful at the sift stage and 58 at the interview stage. The DVSA does not hold data on the grade of the applicant.