Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency to recruit 300 new driving examiners; and how many and what proportion of the examiners that have been recruited are conducting practical driving tests on a full-time basis as at 2 September 2022.

Driver testing services were significantly disrupted during the pandemic, which has led to a high demand for learners who are now wanting to take their driving test. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is working hard to provide as many practical driving test appointments as it can.

As of 26 August 2022, the total number of new driving examiners (DE) in place and testing was 313. There are 153 new entrant DEs in the process of being trained.