Catalogue description Department of Transport: Driving Standards Agency; Registered Files (DSA series)

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Reference: DSA 5
Title: Department of Transport: Driving Standards Agency; Registered Files (DSA series)
Description:

The records in this series cover the Administration of the Driving Standards Agency and the development of driving tests.
Date: 1990-1992
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: DSA
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Driving Standards Agency, 1990-2014
Physical description: 1 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2019 Department of Transport
Custodial history: Department for Transport to 2014
Selection and destruction information: Files covering policy on the size, shape, role and future of the Agency will be recommended for retention, as will papers of the Board. There are approximately 40 files marked for review originating between 1991 and 2014
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) was set up on 1 April 1990 as an executive agency of the Department of Transport to promote road safety in Great Britain by setting standards for driving motor vehicles, including motorcycles.

The DSA carried out practical and theoretical tests in driving by employing examiners based at driving test centres throughout Great Britain. The tests were booked and the centres administered by the DSA Regional Offices. DSA was based in Nottingham and the organisation was headed by a Chief Executive and Board. It also administered the statutory Register of Approved Driving Instructors (ADI’s) and supervised the approved training bodies and instructors for basic training of motorcyclists. It was funded by fees received to cover the cost of each activity.

The DSA was amalgamated with the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) in April 2014 to form the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).

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