Driving Tests
(asked on 12th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving examiners started to practice in each month since July 2024.
This question was answered on 20th October 2026
The Answer, 9 September 2025, to Question 73857 provides data on the number of new driving examiners (DE) who successfully completed training and moved into post, broken down by month from July 2024 to July 2025. The table below provides this data for August 2025 to September 2026.
| New DE's who have successfully completed training and moved into post |
Aug-25 | 17 |
Sep-25 | 48 |
Oct-25 | 25 |
Nov-25 | 56 |
Dec-25 | 19 |
Jan-26 | 25 |
Feb-26 | 27 |
Mar-26 | 48 |
Apr-26 | 15 |
May-26 | 21 |
Jun-26 | 38 |
Jul-26 | 23 |
Aug-26 | 19 |
Sep-26 | 14 |