§ Mr. Ashtonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment to what extent there is discrimination in his Department against employing women as examiners for the driving test.
§ Mr. PeytonNot at all.
§ Mr. Ashtonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of driving test examiners are women.
§ Mr. PeytonAbout 1 per cent.
§ Mr. Ashtonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) whether he will allow women applicants for the driving test to be examined by women examiners;
(2) whether it is permissible for a woman applicant for a driving test to take her test in another town under the supervision of a woman examiner.
§ Mr. PeytonIn general, candidates are able to choose the centre from which their tests are conducted. If any woman candidate specifically asked to be tested by a woman examiner every effort would be made to meet her wishes if a woman examiner is available at the centre in question.
§ Mr. Ashtonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of applicants for the driving test are women.
§ Mr. PeytonDuring 1970, 46 per cent. of driving tests were taken by women.
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§ Mr. Ashtonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment which areas and towns having a population of 100,000 had no women driving examiners on 1st February.
§ Mr. PeytonThere are women driving examiners in Birmingham (2), Bury (Lanes), Dumbarton, Nuneaton, Orpington, Redditch, Southend-on-Sea, Southampton, Wallasey and Worksop.
§ Mr. Ashtonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how the pass rate for driving tests conducted by a man examiner compares with that of a female examiner.
§ Mr. PeytonThere is no significant difference.