§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Transport what is the average waiting time in taking a driving test in (a) Inner London, (b) outer London and (c) Leicester.
§ Mrs. ChalkerTests are not conducted in inner London. The average waiting time for an L-test in the Metropolitan traffic area was just under 17 weeks at 27 April, the latest date for which complete figures are available. At that date, waiting times at the three centres serving Leicester were 10 weeks at Gipsy Lane and nine weeks at both the Narborough road and Welford road centres. Waiting periods at Leicester generally compare favourably with the average of about 10½ weeks for the Eastern (Nottingham) traffic area as a whole and 12 weeks nationally.