Driving Instruction: Recruitment
(asked on 8th September 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vocational driving examiners are employed by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency as at 8 September 2021; and how many such examiners have been recruited in 2021 to date.
This question was answered on 13th September 2021
As at 8 September 2021, 279 vocational driving examiners are employed by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).
The DVSA is currently undergoing an external campaign to recruit more vocational driving examiners. This year, the DVSA has trained eleven existing members of staff to become vocational driving examiners.