Prison sentences and large fines: how we’re stopping illegal driving instructors

Find out more about the work DVSA is doing to stop illegal driving instruction through investigations, proactive enforcement operations and criminal prosecutions.
Find out more about the work DVSA is doing to stop illegal driving instruction through investigations, proactive enforcement operations and criminal prosecutions.
Chief Driving Examiner, Mark Winn, retires this month after 39 years in driver testing. Here he reflects on the changes he’s seen since becoming Chief Driving Examiner in 2018.
Learn more about our latest developments to create a new booking service for driving tests, including a recap of the work so far and looking ahead to next steps.
Amanda Lane, Head of Driver Testing and Training Policy, shares the findings from the 2023 working as a driving instructor survey, and sets out some immediate priorities for DVSA to support ADIs.
In this blog post, CEO Loveday Ryder explains the three main reasons behind what is causing long driving test waiting times.
In the blog post CEO Loveday Ryder, explains what bots are, the challenges they pose, how the agency is protecting learner drivers and the steps being taken to deal with them.
Loveday Ryder, DVSA Chief Executive, reflects on achievements in 2022, including bringing driving test waiting times down, tackling businesses exploiting learner drivers, and the launch of the‘Ready to Pass?’ campaign.
Earlier this year I updated you on our progress on what we are doing to tackle businesses who are buying large amounts of tests and selling them for a profit. The purpose of ‘book and manage your pupils’ test …
We want to update you on the measures we’ve introduced so far to help learner drivers from being exploited by people and companies selling them driving tests at an inflated price and on the impact, they are having on learners …
Loveday Ryder, DVSA CEO shares what we're doing to help make more tests available for driving test candidates.