Justin Madders corrected a written answer on Buses: Driving Tests

1 September 2026 · Commons written answer · Department for Transport

Mr Richard Holden (Conservative, Basildon and Billericay) asked written question 18160 on 13 July 2026. Simon Lightwood answered on 16 July 2026 for the Department for Transport, and Justin Madders corrected the answer on 1 September 2026. The correction replaced 8 figures (1815, 227, 2446, 2834, 3454, 684) with 8 figures (1821, 2846, 3195, 3482, 690, 905). Altogether 16 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many category D1 (minibus) practical driving tests have been conducted by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in each of the last 30 years.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
The table below shows the number of category D1 minibus tests conducted by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and by delegated examiners for each year for which data is available. Year \| DVSA \| Delegated examiners \| Total 2013 \| 3303 \| 670 \| 3973 2014 \| 2954 \| 868 \| 3822 2015 \| 3009 \| 884 \| 3893 2016 \| 3246 \| 801 \| 4047 2017 \| 3018 \| 625 \| 3643 2018 \| 2895 \| 763 \| 3658 2019 \| 2910 \| 1119 \| 4029 2020 \| 1131 \| ~~684~~ \| ~~1815~~ 2021 \| 1216 \| 734 \| 1950 2022 \| 1941 \| ~~893~~ \| ~~2834~~ 2023 \| 2489 \| ~~965~~ \| ~~3454~~ 2024 \| 2219 \| ~~227~~ \| ~~2446~~ 2025 \| 2184 \| 885 \| 3069 Please note testing for D1 during the years of 2020 and 2021 was reduced due to the covid pandemic.	The table below shows the number of category D1 minibus tests conducted by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and by delegated examiners for each year for which data is available. Year \| DVSA \| Delegated examiners \| Total 2013 \| 3303 \| 670 \| 3973 2014 \| 2954 \| 868 \| 3822 2015 \| 3009 \| 884 \| 3893 2016 \| 3246 \| 801 \| 4047 2017 \| 3018 \| 625 \| 3643 2018 \| 2895 \| 763 \| 3658 2019 \| 2910 \| 1119 \| 4029 2020 \| 1131 \| 690 \| 1821 2021 \| 1216 \| 734 \| 1950 2022 \| 1941 \| 905 \| 2846 2023 \| 2489 \| 993 \| 3482 2024 \| 2219 \| 976 \| 3195 2025 \| 2184 \| 885 \| 3069 Please note testing for D1 during the years of 2020 and 2021 was reduced due to the covid pandemic.

Original

Corrected

The table below shows the number of category D1 minibus tests conducted by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and by delegated examiners for each year for which data is available.
Year
| DVSA
| Delegated examiners
| Total
2013
| 3303
| 670
| 3973
2014
| 2954
| 868
| 3822
2015
| 3009
| 884
| 3893
2016
| 3246
| 801
| 4047
2017
| 3018
| 625
| 3643
2018
| 2895
| 763
| 3658
2019
| 2910
| 1119
| 4029
2020
| 1131
| ~~684~~
| ~~1815~~
2021
| 1216
| 734
| 1950
2022
| 1941
| ~~893~~
| ~~2834~~
2023
| 2489
| ~~965~~
| ~~3454~~
2024
| 2219
| ~~227~~
| ~~2446~~
2025
| 2184
| 885
| 3069
Please note testing for D1 during the years of 2020 and 2021 was reduced due to the covid pandemic.

The table below shows the number of category D1 minibus tests conducted by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and by delegated examiners for each year for which data is available.
Year
| DVSA
| Delegated examiners
| Total
2013
| 3303
| 670
| 3973
2014
| 2954
| 868
| 3822
2015
| 3009
| 884
| 3893
2016
| 3246
| 801
| 4047
2017
| 3018
| 625
| 3643
2018
| 2895
| 763
| 3658
2019
| 2910
| 1119
| 4029
2020
| 1131
| 690
| 1821
2021
| 1216
| 734
| 1950
2022
| 1941
| 905
| 2846
2023
| 2489
| 993
| 3482
2024
| 2219
| 976
| 3195
2025
| 2184
| 885
| 3069
Please note testing for D1 during the years of 2020 and 2021 was reduced due to the covid pandemic.

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