§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Minister of Transport what is currently the average time in (a) Merseyside and (b) Ormskirk between the date of application for a driving test and the earliest offered appointment; and what steps he is proposing to take to reduce the length of wait.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe average waiting time for L-tests at Merseyside centres is 23½ weeks. This compares with a national average of 26½ weeks.
There is no test centre at Ormskirk; waiting times at the nearest centres are:
Southport 23 weeks Liverpool—Bootle 25 weeks —Crosby 23 weeks —Garston 23 weeks Wigan 23 weeks My plans for reducing waiting times generally were contained in my right hon. 591W Friend's reply to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Harrogate (Mr. Banks) on 20 December last.—[Vol. 976, c. 397–98.]