Driving Instruction: Recruitment
(asked on 20th January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of the 436 additional driving instructors announced have been recruited; how many have been recruited in North Wales as of 19 January 2023; and of those recruited in North Wales how many are 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.