§ Mrs. PeacockTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will in future inform all approved driving instructors of their grading after a check test.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyYes. The Department has already agreed to tell ADIs their check test grading at the end of the test.
§ Mrs. PeacockTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will ensure that information relating to the grading of approved driving instructors is available to each individual driving instructor free of charge.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyIn future an instructor will be told the check test grading at the end of each test. When the register of approved driving instructors' records are transferred to a computer, any ADI will have the right of access, under the Data Protection Act, to details of the information held, including check test grading, on payment of the requisite fee. The provision of information on request free of charge, even of check test grading only, would take considerable resources, the cost of which would have to be passed on to all ADIs in increased fees.