Driving Instruction: Wales
(asked on 20th January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving instructors there were in Wales in each of the last five years; and how many of these instructors were able to conduct tests in Welsh.
| Number of driving examiners in Wales | Number of driving examiners able to conduct tests in Welsh |
2022 | 98 | 8 |
2021 | 90 | 13 |
2020 | 88 | 13 |
2019 | 89 | 13 |
2018 | 95 | No historic data held |
We have recently recruited 403 driving examiners, of which 25 are in Welsh test centres.
Waiting times in Wales for car practical driving tests have reduced from 18.3 weeks as of 21 June 2021 to 12.5 weeks as of 16 January 2023.
On 13 January 2023, the DVSA launched its latest campaign to recruit another 183 DE posts.