Written question asked by Richard Holden (Conservative) on Thursday, 26 March 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 April 2026. It was answered by Simon Lightwood (Labour) on Friday, 17 April 2026 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Driving Tests: Recruitment
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2026 to Question 122525, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of click-throughs from (a) social media advertising and (b) DVSA job alert emails that resulted in (i) started and (ii) completed applications for driving examiner roles in the last 12 months.
- Answer
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All driving examiner (DE) applications are made through Civil Service Jobs on GOV.UK. At the point of submitting an application on Civil Service Jobs no applicant source information is recorded.
Answer to Question 122526, 20 March 2026, provides details of subsequent surveys that might be completed by applicants.
Answer to Question 122526, 20 March 2026, also provided information on click through rates, but notes that it is not possible to say what number of these click throughs resulted in completed applications.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 124208
- Session
- 2024-26
- Related items
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Advertising Driving tests Email Recruitment Social media
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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