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In line withprevious announcements regarding the future of this publication, this will be the last time these data are published by DfT. Subsequent reporting of these data will be picked up in an alternative format by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency who will assume responsibility for publishing statistics on approved driving instructors and compulsory training in Great Britain, going forwards on a quarterly basis. The next publication of this data will be available in March 2025.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) suspended non-testing duties for its staff who are qualified to conduct driving tests, from October 2023 to March 2024, in order to maximise the number of examiners available to conduct practical car tests, and to further reduce driving test waiting times. This has resulted in a reduction in the number of Compulsory Basic Training (CBT) instructor standards checks conducted in recent quarters.

The content and the processes used for gathering the Incident Statistics set of data (compulsory basic training and direct access scheme) are currently under review, therefore there will be no update of this data for the foreseeable future. Any freedom of information requests concerning this data set should be emailed to the DVSA.