Mr. Batesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether any official instruction is given to driving test examiners requiring them to aim for a given percentage rate of passes.
§ Dr. GilbertNo. The only consideration which enters into examiners' decisions is the standard of the candidates' driving.
Mr. Batesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of people who passed the driving test did so at the first attempt in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and in the last year for which such information is available what was the percentage in each county area.
§ Dr. GilbertRoutine statistics relating to first attempts at the driving test are not kept. The following information is available from two-day surveys:
Month in which survey taken Percentage pass rate of candidates taking first test May 1973 … … 42 October 1973 … … 40 May 1974 … … 43 October 1974 … … 41 April 1975 … … 42 October 1975 … … 41 There is no geographical breakdown of these figures.
Mr. Batesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of people taking the driving test were passed in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and in the last year for which such information is available, what was the percentage in such county areas.
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§ Dr. GilbertInformation is not available in the form requested. The percentage of successful driving tests in each
Traffic Area 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 Northern … … … 47.8 47.7 46.7 47.5 47.7 Yorkshire … … … 44.2 45.0 43.6 42.5 43.5 North-Western … … … 45.9 45.8 46.0 46.4 46.4 West Midland … … … 45.5 46.3 45.3 45.3 450 East Midland … … … 46.2 46.2 46.1 44.9 44.4 Eastern … … … 45.7 45.9 45.7 44.9 44.9 South Wales … … … 46.9 47.4 45.9 46.0 46.3 Western … … … 50.3 50.3 47.2 46.3 46.6 South-Eastern … … … 46.1 45.1 44.5 43.9 44.3 Scottish, North … … … 53.1 53.8 54.0 49.1 48.4 Scottish, South … … … 49.7 491 49.6 47.7 47.1 Metropolitan … … … 46.6 46.7 45.5 45.8 45.0 Great Britain … … … 46.7 46.8 46.0 45.6 45.4