§ Mr. David Youngasked the Minister of Transport how many driving instructors there are nationally and in each region.
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§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeFigures for persons on the Department's register of approved driving instructors are shown in the following table. Details are also given of numbers of L-test driving examiners in post at 1 July.
Traffic area Driving instructors Examiners in post Northern 1,131 82 Yorkshire 2,091 115 North Western 2,742 163 West Midland 1,998 142 East Midland 2,105 120 Eastern 1,417 68 South Wales 759 50 Western 1,299 99 South Eastern 2,493 125 Scottish (North) 1,572 30 Scottish (South) 74 Metropolitan 5,299 303 National Total 22,906 1,371