Chris Stephens – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Stephens on 2015-11-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency on (a) that agency’s staff survey results and (b) recent industrial action affecting that agency; and if he will make a statement.

Mr Robert Goodwill

Initial discussions on the 2015 People Survey results for the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) have taken place in senior management fora. Further discussions are planned, including within existing DVSA governance arrangements.

The Department for Transport officials have been working closely with the management side at DVSA to try to resolve the industrial dispute, and to help ensure that the disruption to public services is kept to a minimum. The Permanent Secretary for Transport has written twice to the unions since the dispute began urging them to suspend their action and return to discussions with DVSA management.