The government introduced a simpler grading structure for approved driving instructors (ADIs) on 7 April 2014. The government has also decided to: - take steps to help ADIs publish and publicise their grade; - look at the options for replacing the ADI part 3 test with one that uses the same criteria and marking system as the ADI standards check; - continue to look at the possibilities of introducing a vocational qualification, while making sure that concerns raised can be addressed; - talk to the driver training industry about how we can best reform the trainee instructor licence; - start work on an online booking service for ADI standards checks; - consult separately about changing the ADI fee structure; -change the law so an ADI can ask for their name to be removed from the ADI register; -provide the option for an ADI to take an ADI standards check to renew a lapsed registration, after talking about the practical implications of this with the ADI national associations; and - not pursue the introduction of fines (called ‘civil sanctions’) that the ADI Registrar could issue to ADIs for the time being. (Author/publisher)
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