The number of driving instructors and examiners recorded by the Driving Standards Agency as qualified is shown in the following table. Due to a change in IT systems, the number of DSA examiners is not known prior to 2005.
Approved driving instructors DSA examiners 1997 32,497 n/k 1998 30,500 n/k 1999 29,185 n/k 2000 29,103 n/k 2001 29,626 n/k 2002 29,962 n/k 2003 31,786 n/k 2004 33,306 n/k 2005 36,252 1,875 2006 39,001 1,946 2007 41,507 1,847 n/k = not known