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Bus Services: Standards

Volume 494: debated on Monday 15 June 2009

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many bus drivers were examined under the driver quality monitoring scheme in 2008-09; and how many of them were found to be unacceptable with (a) serious faults and (b) dangerous faults. (279529)

[holding answer 12 June 2009]: The following table shows the number of driver quality monitoring (DQM) assessments conducted by the Driving Standards Agency in 2008-09.

2008-09

Number

Total DQM assessments

9,876

Unacceptable serious faults

2,382

Unacceptable dangerous faults

85

Assessment data is reported back to the client on the next day for potential remedial action. For assessments recording dangerous faults, the bus company is notified on the day of the assessment. In all cases, the client is responsible for any further action.