§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Transport what has been the average waiting time for a driving test at each driving test centre in Lancashire in the last five years.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThis information is not readily available. The waiting times in April for the last three years were:
Centre 1985 Weeks 1986 Weeks 1987 Weeks Blackburn 11 15 13 Blackpool 11 10 7 Chorley 8 10 11 Heysham 12 15 10 Nelson 11 14 8 Preston 10 12 7 Figures for earlier years are not available
§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many driving tests have been conducted at each driving test centre in Lancashire in each of the last five years; and what the percentage failure rate has been in each case.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe figures are as follows:
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1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Centre Number of tests conducted Percentage of failure rates Number of tests conducted Percentage of failure rates Number of tests conducted Percentage of failure rates Number of tests conducted Percentage of failure rates Number of tests conducted Percentage of failure rates Blackburn 8,918 48.0 8,380 48.5 6,659 46.6 8,752 48.7 8,376 50.0 Blackpool 9,271 48.8 8,611 45.6 8,196 43.3 8,045 42.2 8,648 40.0 Chorley 2,626 47.0 3,918 44.3 4,083 45.3 4,292 43.5 6,240 46.0 Heysham 5,769 50.8 4,464 48.0 4,441 48.5 3,986 48.0 4,360 46.0 Nelson 7,270 47.5 5,117 41.9 4,914 44.8 5,855 47.0 6,634 47.0 Preston 6,123 51.2 5,868 50.0 6,006 49.2 8,122 46.8 7,571 42.0
§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many driving test centres there are in Lancashire; where they are sited; and how many test examiners are employed at each centre.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThere are six driving test centres in Lancashire, sited and staffed as follows:
Centres Examiners employed (1 April 1987) Blackburn 6 Blackpool 6 Chorley 5 Heysham 3 Nelson 4 Preston 6