§ Mr. Ron Lewisasked the Minister of Transport how many persons took their driving test in Carlisle and 69W Cumbria, respectively, during the year ended 30 September; how many failed their test; and how this compares with the rest of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Kenneth Clarke4,556 L-tests were conducted in Carlisle during the year ended 30 September 1980; 2,605 resulted in failure (57.1 per cent.). Comparative figures for Cumbria are 15,993 tests and 8,568 failures (53.6 per cent.) and for Great Britain as a whole 1,884,023 tests and 992,094 failures (52.7 per cent.)
§ Mr. Ron Lewisasked the Minister of Transport how many persons in Carlisle and Cumbria, respectively, failed their second driving test during the year ended 30 September; and how many took their test and failed at the third attempt.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThis information is not available. Details are not kept of the number of times individual candidates take the driving test.