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.
What we're doing to improve and set standards for learning to drive, including the skills, knowledge and understanding needed for a lifetime of safe driving.
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.
Find out more about the work we are doing to make the theory test service as accessible as possible.
Discover how the 'Ready to Pass?' campaign is changing learner drivers' attitudes and behaviours, making them more likely to follow instructors' advice.
Loveday Ryder, DVSA Chief Executive, gives an update on how driving test waiting times are starting to reduce across Great Britain.
How the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) works out the driving test waiting time, what it actually means, and other measures that DVSA looks at to monitor 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.
Thousands of learners and their families have been visiting driving test centres across England for events to find out more about what happens on test days. Our test centre open days and drop-in sessions give your pupils a chance to …
In this blog post, Jacqui Turland, Service Owner for the driver services platform (DSP), gives an update about the work on the project so far, what’s been achieved to date and what the next steps are.