At an extremely difficult and worrying time for us all, taking into account the Government public health advice regarding social distancing and trying to control and delay the spread of the COVID-19 virus, NASP would urge all instructors to stop delivering driving lessons, if you have not already done so, with the exception of  teaching key workers where necessary. This should be until the end of April and then we can then all review the situation again.

We fully appreciate the worry of financial loss that this brings, and we hope that our calls for Government to offer a rescue package to the self-employed are acted upon, but we consider it is not possible for us comply with current social distancing measures whilst teaching in a car.

We realise that any decision regarding your business is ultimately your own to make, but hope that this announcement might help those of you with uncertainty about the appropriate course of action to take in these unprecedented circumstances.  We will keep you updated as times go on and if the situation changes, please keep checking NASP website for current updates and advice.

Lynne Barrie on behalf of NASP as the current chair