questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving examiners started to practice in May 2026.
answerText: As of May 2026, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency had 147 (10.3%) more full-time equivalent driving examiners in post than May last year (1,430). In May 2026, 21 people successfully passed the new entrant driving examiner training course. 
heading: Driving Tests