§ Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all the driving test centres in England and Wales together with the recognised establishment of examiners currently employed at each centre, and the average waiting time at each centre between the date of application for a test and the first test date which can be offered.
Mr. CarmkhaelThe position in relation to permanent "L" driving test centres on 29th November was as follows:
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Traffic Area and Centre Establishment Examiners employed Waiting time* (weeks) Skipton … 2 2 14 Wakefield … 6 5 19 York … 5 5 15 North Western Bangor … 3 3 21 Birkenhead … 5 6 8 Blackburn … 6 6 16 Blackpool … 6 5 15 Bolton … 7 6 13 Bury … 4 4 22 Chester … 3 3 9 Crewe … 6 4 15 Failsworth … 7 5 25 Hyde … 5 5 12 Heysham … 3 3 13 Liverpool (Garston) … 5 4 21 Ellesmere Port … 3 3 10 Liverpool (Bootle) … 8 6 22 Liverpool (Crosby) … 8 7 15 Llandudno … 2 2 10 Macclesfield … 3 2 14 Machynlleth … 1 1 15 Manchester (Whalley Range) … 6 6 11 Manchester (Strangeways) … 8 7 22 Manchester (Withington) … 7 7 10 Manchester (Didsbury) … 6 6 12 Padiham … 6 6 15 Preston … 7 6 15 Reddish … 7 8 15 Rhyl … 2 2 13 Rochdale … 5 5 16 Sale … 5 3 16 Southport … 4 4 23 Wallasey … 3 3 11 Warrington … 6 6 18 Widnes … 6 5 21 Wigan … 7 6 21 Wrexham … 4 4 18 Wilmslow … 2 2 10 West Midland Bilston … 4 4 10 Bloxwich … 5 5 18 Kingstanding … 6 6 12 Birchfield … 5 5 22 Lichfield … 4 3 23 Burton-on-Trent … 3 3 23 Stafford … 4 5 10 Coventry I … 5 5 16 Coventry II … 4 3 25 Shirley … 5 4 20 Corbridge … 4 3 20 Fenton … 4 3 16 Newcastle … 3 3 10 Rugby … 3 2 16 Nuneaton … 4 4 16 Leamington Spa … 5 5 20 Kingsheath … 5 4 14 Quinton … 7 6 23 Kidderminster … 3 2 25 Halesowen … 4 3 13 Sheldon … 8 7 25 Redditch … 4 4 15 Wednesfield … 3 3 18 Wolverhampton … 6 5 15 Shrewsbury … 5 5 14 Lower Gornal … 5 5 17 Perry Barr … 4 3 13 Wellington … 2 2 16 Worcester … 4 4 21 Hereford … 4 4 13 660W 661W
Traffic Area and Centre Establishment Examiners employed Waiting time* (weeks) East Midland Nottingham (Arnold) … 3 3 16 Aylesbury … 4 5 8 Banbury … 2 2 16 Bletchley … 3 3 11 Boston … 3 2 7 Derby, Sinfin Lane … 3 3 16 Derby, Vernon Street … 4 3 16 Grantham … 3 3 16 Grimsby … 6 6 13 Henley … 2 2 22 Hinckley … 2 2 10 Kettering … 3 3 13 Leicester, Welford Road … 4 4 17 Leicester, Gipsy Lane … 4 4 16 Leicester, Narbro Road … 4 4 17 Leighton Buzzard … 3 3 9 Lincoln … 4 3 17 Loughborough … 4 4 14 Newark … 1 1 16 Northampton … 4 5 15 Nottingham, Beeston … 3 2 16 Nottingham, Chalfont Drive … 5 5 17 Nottingham, West Bridgford … 4 4 16 Oxford, Banbury Road … 6 6 14 Oxford, Headington … 4 4 14 Scunthorpe … 4 4 17 Sutton in Ashfield … 5 5 16 Wellingborough … 2 2 16 Worksop … 3 4 13 Eastern Bedlord, Goldington Road … 5 5 13 Bury St. Edmunds … 6 5 19 Cambridge, Hamilton Road … 5 4 11 Cambridge. Devonshire Road … 5 6 10 Chelmsford … 5 5 11 Clacton on Sea … 2 2 8 Colchester … 5 5 13 Ipswich … 7 6 16 King's Lynn … 5 4 13 Westcliff … 6 6 21 Lowestoft … 4 3 18 Norwich, Earlham House … 6 5 9 Norwich, Jupiter Road … 3 4 13 Peterborough, Lincoln Road … 6 4 9 Spalding … 2 2 9 South Wales Abergavenny … 3 3 26 Brecon … 1 1 14 Bridgend … 4 4 12 Aberystwyth … 1 1 10 Cardiff East … 4 4 15 Cardiff West … 5 5 16 Carmarthen … 2 2 8 Cwmbran … 3 3 13 Haverfordwest (Milford Haven) … 1 1 8 Llanelli … 4 3 17 Merthyl … 2 2 17 Newport … 3 3 13 Swansea … 6 6 13 Treorchy … 4 3 10 Western Bristol I … 5 5 8 Bristol II … 5 5 6 Bristol III … 6 5 10 Bristol IV … 5 5 10 Bath … 5 4 13 Bridgwater … 2 2 9 Barnstaple … 2 2 11 Bodmin … 2 2 11 662W 663W
Traffic Area and Centre Establishment Examiners employed Waiting time* (weeks) Cheltenham … 5 5 6 Chippenham … 4 3 15 Dorchester … 4 4 10 Devonport … 4 3 13 Exeter … 6 5 4 Gloucester … 6 5 12 Newton Abbot … 5 5 9 Penzance … 2 2 9 Plymouth … 7 7 14 Swindon … 6 6 9 Salisbury … 4 3 12 Taunton … 4 3 6 Trowbridge … 2 2 13 Truro … 3 3 10 Weston-super-Mare … 3 3 9 Yeovil … 3 4 9 South Eastern Ashford … 3 2 12 Bournemouth … 6 6 16 Canterbury … 5 3 6 Caversham … 6 5 10 Chatham … 5 5 9 Chichester … 5 4 12 Eastbourne … 5 3 12 Farnborough … 8 7 22 Folkestone … 3 3 10 Gillingham … 6 6 10 Hustings … 3 3 14 HerneBay … 4 4 10 Hove, Eaton Road … 6 6 18 Margate … 3 2 10 Newbury … 4 3 16 Newport, Isle of Wight … 3 3 6 Poole … 5 5 12 Portsmouth … 6 7 13 Gosport … 5 5 10 Reading … 6 6 10 Southampton, Portswood … 6 6 10 Southampton, Maybush … 6 5 10 Tunbridge Wells … 4 4 15 Winchester … 5 5 10 Worthing … 5 4 12 Metropolitan Barking … 5 5 26 Brentwood … 6 5 23 Chingford … 5 5 26 East Ham … 6 5 27 Hornchurch … 8 8 20 Ilford … 5 4 27 Loughton … 5 5 26 Wanstead … 6 5 28 Bishop's Stortford … 3 3 26 Hertford … 4 3 24 Palmers Green … 7 5 27 Tottenham … 7 5 28 Winchmore Hill … 6 5 24 Wood Green … 6 4 28 Barnet … 5 5 24 Burnt Oak … 6 5 29 Hendon … 6 4 28 Hitchin … 5 5 20 Luton … 7 6 19 Mill Hill … 8 4 26 St. Albans … 6 5 25 Southgate … 6 2 27 Stevenage … 4 5 20 Berkhamsted … 4 4 18 Hayes … 8 6 26 HighWycombe … 6 4 21 Ruislip … 7 7 24 Slough … 6 6 20
Traffic Area and Centre Establishment Examiners employed Waiting time* (weeks) Wealdstone … 5 4 25 Watford … 7 7 23 Ashford … 6 4 23 Chertsey … 5 5 22 Greenford … 6 6 25 Isleworth … 6 7 28 Southall … 5 5 28 Teddington … 6 6 25 Weybridge … 7 5 22 Crawley … 5 5 26 Morden … 7 7 29 Redhill … 5 3 26 Surbiton … 8 6 23 Sutton … 3 3 26 Guildford … 6 6 15 Croydon … 8 5 25 Norwood … 6 6 25 Sevenoaks … 4 4 20 Southfields … 5 4 28 Wallington … 8 7 24 West Wickham … 6 6 26 Belvedere … 4 4 25 Bexleyheath … 7 7 25 Gravesend … 5 4 15 Grays … 6 7 16 Lee Green … 7 7 25 Sidcup … 10 7 25 * The interval between 29th November and the first forward date on which more than 10 per cent. of the available test periods at a centre remained unbooked. The recruitment of further examiners is continuing.