§ 81. Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for Transport, in the light of the fact that a constituent of the hon. Member for Epping Forest living in Chigwell, Essex, having applied for an appointment for a driving test in September 1978, must wait until June 1979 to take the test; what is the average time between applications for and the holding of driving tests.
§ Mr. Horam:The waiting times at the centres in the vicinity of Chigwell are:
- Loughton—21 weeks
- Chingford—22 weeks
- Wanstead—29 weeks
The average waiting time in the Metropolitan traffic area is 26 weeks. If the hon. Member will let me have particulars of his constituent's case, I will look into it.
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§ Mr. Bendallasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many driving tests were conducted in each of the past 12 months.
§ Mr. Horam:The information is as follows:
1977 L tests conducted November 155,372 December 118,778 1978 January 137,958 February 125,812 March 131,208 April 140,891 May 141,849 June 144,263 July 136,654 August 133,464 September 140,053 October 155,057 Total 1,661,359