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<p>In the Department for Transport itself, no posts have been based in Stoke-on-Trent
since 2010.</p><br /><p>The Department’s Executive Agencies (Maritime and Coastguard
Agency, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Vehicle Certification Agency and Driver
and Vehicle Standards Agency) have had no posts based in Stoke-on-Trent since 2010,
other than the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, who respond as follows:</p><br
/><p>As part of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) testing transformation
programme, which has the aim of taking testing closer to the customer, DVSA’s Goods
Vehicle Testing Station (GVTS) in Stoke-on-Trent was closed in April 2015. Twenty
nine roles were based at this testing station. The staff previously based at the station
are still working for DVSA in the area; twenty four of these roles are now based at
other DVSA sites and the remaining five staff are being redeployed to other roles
in DVSA. There are currently no plans to close any further DVSA Good Vehicle Testing
Stations (GVTS) or Driving Test Centres (DTC) in the Stoke-on-Trent area between now
and 2020.</p><br /><p>We are not aware of any jobs being based in Stoke-on-Trent since
2010 in the wider accountable statutory bodies.</p>
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