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Written question asked by Douglas Chapman (Scottish National Party) on Friday, 17 March 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 21 March 2023. It was answered by Richard Holden (Conservative) on Thursday, 23 March 2023 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Driving Tests: Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test examiner posts are vacant in (a) Dunfermline and (b) Kirkcaldy; how many applications the DVSA received for advertised driving test examiner vacancies in each of those areas in each of the last 12 months; and ( how many vacancies were successfully filled in each of those areas in each of those months.

Answer

Driving examiners (DE), based at Kirkcaldy driving test centre (DTC), are deployed between Dunfermline DTC and Kirkcaldy DTC to service demand.

There are test slots available to book at Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy within the booking window. There is sufficient resource to service demand at both test centres; therefore, there are no DE vacancies.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
168056
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Driving tests Vacancies Kirkcaldy Dunfermline
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk