HC Deb 16 January 1990 vol 165 cc148-9W
Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the number of people who have passed a driving test to drive a car in each of the last five years; and if he will specify what proportion of those people were aged(a))17 to 25 years, (b) 26 to 40 years, (c) 41 to 60 years and (d) over 60 years.

Mr. Atkins

Statistics in this form are available only from 1985. Those for 1989 have not yet been completed. Figures for 1985–1988 are as follows:—

Year Tests Proportion in age-group: per cent.
passed (cars) 17–25 26–40 41–60 Over 60
1985 863,339 71.6 22.9 5.1 0.4
1986 941,005 75.6 19.7 4.4 0.3
1987 958,087 74.2 20.8 4.7 0.3
1988 1,039,461 73.5 21.3 4.9 0.3