§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many driving examiners were injured whilst conducting driving tests in each of the last five years; [20334]
(2) how many days were lost due to driving examiner sickness in each of the last five years; [20335]
(3) what was the pass rates for driving tests in each of the last 10 years: [20336]
(4) what was the driving test fee in each of the last 10 years; [20337]
5) how many candidates took driving tests for each of the last five years. [20338]
§ Mr. NorrisThese are operational matters for the Driving Standards Agency. I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Bernard L. Herdan to Ms Joan Walley, dated 24 April 1995:
The Secretary of State for Transport has asked me to reply to the Questions you raised on:-
- a. the number of driving examiners injured whilst conducting driving tests in each of the last five years;
- b. the number of days lost due to driving examiner sickness in each of the last five years;
- c. the pass rates for driving tests in each of the last 10 years;
- d. the driving test fee in each of the last 10 years; and
- e. the number of candidates who took driving tests for each of the last five years.
The information for the first two questions is as follows:
Calendar year Numbers of examiners injured Numbers of days lost due to examiner sickness 1990 271 16,869 1991 262 16,338 1992 281 17,749 1993 277 25,891 1994 308 29,965 The information for car tests for the next three questions is as follows:
394Wor (ii) injured in road traffic accidents in each of the last 10 years. [20339]
§ Mr. NorrisThe information requested is shown in the following table.
Financial year Pass rate percentage Car test fees £ Number of applications received 1985–86 48.5 14.40 — 1986–87 49.2 14.40 — 1987–88 50.0 15.00 — 1988–89 52.0 16.50 — 1989–90 52.2 18.00 — 1990–91 52.4 19.50 1,905,412 1991–92 50.8 21.50 1,774,938 1992–93 49.8 23.50 1,602,778 1993–94 47.9 26.00 1,578,232 1994–95 — 27.50 1,536,630 The pass rate information for the whole of 1994–95 is not yet available but for the first 9 months it was 47.2 per cent. We do not collate data on the number of candidates applying for a test, only on the volume of applications. Clearly many candidates apply more than once in the course of a year.