It has been announced that the DSA (Driving Standards Agency) and VOSA (Vehicle Operators Services Agency) are to be merged.

The current DSA cjief executive, Rosemary Thew, will be leaving her position at the end of June and advised the following to the DIA (Driving Instructors Association):

Single agency
The Department for Transport (DfT) has just announced the creation of a single agency which will bring together the testing and standards services that are currently provided by the DSA and the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA).
 
Change of leadership
Also, for some time now, for private and personal reasons, I have been considering stepping down from my role as Chief Executive of the DSA and leaving the Civil Service.
 
The creation of a single agency replacing DSA and VOSA seems the right time for a change of leadership.  Therefore, I shall be leaving DSA on 30 June and a new transitional board, to be announced in due course and led by Alastair Peoples, Chief Executive of VOSA, will oversee the strategic operation of both agencies towards a full integration over the next year.
 
Better services
The reforms being announced today are an outcome of the recent Motoring Services Strategy consultation and are designed to offer motorists and businesses better and more convenient services whilst ensuring that road safety and first class customer service remain a top priority.  The changes should not impact on the continued provision of services to the public or the progress of the ongoing reform programmes.
 
I am confident that the team here at DSA under Alastair’s leadership will continue to offer our customers the very best service they can as the merger proceeds and the combined agency emerges.