Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Transport

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what changes in staffing levels have been made by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in the last 12 months.

Michael Penning (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Roads and Motoring), Transport; Hemel Hempstead, Conservative)
The following table shows the changes in staffing levels by month during the last financial year:
| Month | Full-time equivalents |
| 2011 | |
| April | 5,558.8 |
| May | 5,540.1 |
| June | 5,534.2 |
| July | 5,524.1 |
| August | 5,503.3 |
| September | 5,529.5 |
| October | 5,544.1 |
| November | 5,537.9 |
| December | 5,529.4 |
| 2012 | |
| January | 5,499.7 |
| February | 5,483.5 |
| March | 5,469.3 |
