{"id":13043,"date":"2013-06-20T12:40:35","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T11:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=13043"},"modified":"2013-06-20T12:40:35","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T11:40:35","slug":"dsa-and-vosa-to-merge-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=13043","title":{"rendered":"DSA And VOSA To Merge In 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

This came through on the newsfeeds<\/a>. It says that from next year, VOSA (or Vosa) and the DSA will merge into a single, yet-to-be-named organisation. Both agencies will continue in their current forms for at least the next 12 months.\"VOSA<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is mention of the possibility of \u201c[reduced] fees\u201d – and I take that to mean the possibility of cheaper driving tests and cheaper ADI licences. We\u2019ll have to see.<\/p>\n

Rosemary Thew, the current DSA Chief Executive, is leaving at the end of the month. No mention is made of why.<\/p>\n

The merger appears to have come about as a result of the consultation on motoring services strategies which ran for 3 months from December 2012.<\/p>\n

Edit: <\/strong>This DSA Alert just came through with the announcement<\/a>. The alert says that Rosemary Thew is \u201cstepping down and leaving the Civil Service\u201d.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no mention of Alastair People\u2019s (the new joint Chief Executive) comment about possible lower costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This came through on the newsfeeds. It says that from next year, VOSA (or Vosa) and the DSA will merge into a single, yet-to-be-named organisation. Both agencies will continue in their current forms for at least the next 12 months. There is mention of the possibility of \u201c[reduced] fees\u201d – and I take that to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[80,85,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adi-related","category-dsa-related","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t