The DSA is the exective agency of the Department for Transport – its mission is safe driving for life.  The DSA sets standards for pre-driver education, driver trainers, supervising trainers, as well as carrying out theory and practical driving and riding tests. The DSA introduced the Hazard Perception part of the Theory test in 2002.  [...]

Transport Secretary, Justine Greening, announced today that drivers are to be released from reams of red tape. As part of the government wide process to get rid of unnecessary, burdensome and overcomplicated regulation the Department of Transport is; Scrapping the regulation requiring motorists to hold a paper counterpart to their driving licence by 2015. Improving [...]

Driving examiners MAY be participating in strike action on Wednesday 30th November 2011.  Driving examiners are public sectors workers.  If members of one of the unions participating in the strike, driving test MAY be cancelled.  Fifteen trade unions have elected to join the public sector workers strike. The government department responsible for delivering the practical [...]

Theory test booking website investigation announced by the OFT The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to start investigating websites that offer government services at inflated prices, such as theory test fees. The OFT will examine if the websites are deceptively presenting themselves as official government portals, which is considered an unfair commercial practice. If [...]