Driving Tests: Vacancies

(asked on 25th March 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 118043, how many applications for driving examiner roles were received by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in each of the last three years.


Answered by
Simon Lightwood Portrait
Simon Lightwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 16th April 2026

The table below shows the number of completed applications received for driving examiner (DE) roles in the years 2023 to 2025.

Year

Total completed applications received

2023

3,536

2024

6,693

2025

11,132

This data includes only completed application forms on Civil Service Jobs. It does not include those started but not completed.

For any recruitment campaign a candidate must complete the application on Civil Service Jobs by the application deadline. If a candidate starts the initial application but does not complete it, this application will not be considered as part of the final sift of applications.

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