§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Minister of Transport when the vacancy for a driving test examiner in the town of Carmarthen is to be filled; what effect this has had on the waiting time for a driving test; and how this compares with other driving test centres in Wales.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeCarmarthen is an occasional driving test centre manned on two days a week by examiners from the permanent centre at Ammanford. There are three examiners at Ammanford and no vacancies.
The waiting time for tests at Carmarthen is currently 19 weeks, compared with 22 weeks in the South Wales traffic area as a whole.