§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many driving instructors are currently registered as approved instructors.
§ Mrs. ChalkerOn 31 December 1983, there were 26,942 approved driving instructors registered by the Department.
§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many driving instructors are currently licensed under section 131 of the Road Traffic Act 1972.
§ Mrs. ChalkerOn 31 December 1983 there were 2,556 instructors licensed under section 131 of the Road Traffic Act 1972.
§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many driving instructors have had their registration or licence revoked in each of the past five years; and what were the broad categories of reasons for such revocations.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe numbers of driving instructors removed from the register of approved driving instructors during the last five years were as follows:
Number 1979 1,563 1980 1,439 1981 940 1982 1,259 1983 1,439 Instructors are removed if they cease to fulfil any of the conditions for registration, if registration was by mistake or procured by fraud, for non-renewal of registration, or on death or resignation. The Department does not record the numbers of revocations of licences granted to trainee instructors.
§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Transport what is the annual cost of testing and registering driving instructors.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe cost of operating the register of approved driving instructors in the financial year 1982–83 was £1.18 million.
§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many applications have been received from drivers wishing to be tested for registration as driving instructors; and how many of those failed the test in each of the past five years.
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§ Mrs. ChalkerThe driving instructor qualifying examination is in two parts. The written part has to be passed before the practical part can be attempted. Figures for each part are as follows:
Year Number of attempts Candidates failing Percentage Pass rate Written 1979 4,644 1,483 68.07 1980 4,821 1,384 71.29 1981 5,265 1,318 74.97 1982 5,894 3,097 47.46 1983 6,825 3,149 49.90 Practical 1979 4,447 2,202 50.48 1980 4,697 2,416 48.56 1981 5,419 2,940 43.74 1982 4,981 2,760 44.59 1983 4,766 2,708 43.18