Adam Trimby

DVSA and NASP met on 16 September 2026 to discuss ADI services, qualification reform, ORDIT, trainee licences, standards checks, the updated code of practice and engagement with the profession. Download the full report for an overview of the discussions and the actions identified.

NASP has written to ministers warning that a potential fuel supply crisis could seriously disrupt driving tests and lessons across the UK. In a joint letter from the Driving Instructors Association (DIA), Motor Schools Association (MSA), and Approved Driving Instructors National Joint Council (ADINJC), the partnership highlights how fuel rationing could reduce test availability, limit

NASP has written to Ministers and MPs to voice serious concerns over DVSA’s move to make ADIs accessing the test booking platform to book tests for their pupils illegal. The main national ADI associations have already challenged DVSA over the manner in which the original consultation was carried out, and the resultant decision-making process that

The National Associations Strategic Partnership (NASP), representing the UK’s leading driver training organisations, has written to government ministers outlining concerns about recent changes to the practical driving test booking system. In the letter, NASP warns that limiting the ability of Approved Driving Instructors (ADIs) to access the booking platform could reduce the influence of professional

NASP wrote recently to the new DVSA Chief Executive Beverley Warmington to  welcome her to the role. Here is her response.  Dear Stewart, Peter and Carly  Thank you for your letter and warm congratulations on my appointment. I recognise  NASP as a key partner to DVSA and value this important relationship.   DVSA’s mission is to

NASP welcomes the NAO’s report on test waiting times, as it brings into sharp focus the failings of DVSA, and wider Government, in tackling driving test backlogs, as well as highlighting the very real costs of these failures. The national associations were interviewed as part of this investigation, and we were unflinching in our feedback,

DVSA and NASP met on 10 November 2025 to discuss trainee licence compliance, repeated applications, standards checks, enforcement work, examiner recruitment, and planned updates to ADI guidance and communications. You can download the full report to see all the details.

The National Association’s Strategic Partnership, NASP, is urging trainers to write to their local MP if they are unhappy with the Government’s latest measures to tackle test waiting times (announced by Minister of State for Transport last week), and concerned at the manner in which the consultation into these measures was conducted. In a poll

On 3 September 2025, NASP met with DVSA to review key issues affecting ADIs and PDIs, including test wait times, examiner recruitment, enforcement work, and the future of the booking system. The meeting also covered updates on standards checks, illegal instruction initiatives, and the review of the ADI Code of Practice. For full details and

As part of the National Association’s regular cycle of meetings with DVSA, representatives from the three main ADI associations met with key personnel from the agency to discuss core areas of concern or inquiry from members, as well as hear updates on DVSA’s BAU delivery, as well as more strategic developments.  For full details and