Advanced

PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Driving Instruction: Coronavirus (1 July 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to publish public health guidance for driving instructors on providing lessons safely as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.

Asked by:
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour)

Answer

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) priority throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has been the safety of its staff and the wider public. That remains its priority as it restarts its services.

Driving instructors are responsible for ensuring their services remain safe. The DVSA has released an updated version of its standard operating procedure to driving examiners, which driving instructors might wish to refer to when developing their own health and safety procedures. The DVSA will be sending this directly to driving instructors and it will be hosted on the National Associations Strategic Partnership website.

The DVSA would encourage all driving instructors to keep up to date with the driving instructors’ National Associations Strategic Partnership (NASP) website for further advice and information: http://www.n-a-s-p.co.uk/


Answered by:
Rachel Maclean (Conservative)
6 July 2020

Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.