§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the inspection and supervisory regime is for(a) institutions and organisations and (b) individuals who carry out delegated examiner tests; [171939]
(2) which institutions and organisations carry out delegated examiner tests on behalf of the Driving Standards Agency; and how many candidates (a) entered tests and (b) were successful, broken down by institution and organisation; [171940]
(3) what the procedure is for permission to be given for delegated examiner tests to take place. [1719711
§ Mr. JamiesonA number of organisations are authorised to carry out driving tests for their staff. The organisations are fire brigades, police forces, the Ministry of Defence and some bus companies. The bus companies have to hold a Public Service Vehicles operator's licence.
The Secretary of State for Transport has to be satisfied that these organisations make proper arrangements for conducting tests and keeping proper records, before granting his approval to the appointment of the examiners who may conduct the tests.
Before being appointed, the examiners have to successfully complete the same four week training course that examiners employed by the Driving Standards Agency are required to undertake.
401WThe Agency is responsible for the subsequent supervision of the standards of the examiners, which involves quarterly supervision visits to the organisations to check that tests are conducted and assessed to the required standard.
The number of tests conducted by the fire and police authorities and bus companies last year, and the pass rates have been placed in the Libraries of the House. Equivalent figures for the Ministry of Defence are not available.