§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many delegated driving examiners are authorised by(a) his Department and (b) the Driving Standards Agency; [29538]
(2) if he will list the pass and fail rates for delegated driving examiners together with those for examiners employed by the Driving Standards Agency. [29539]
§ Mr. NorrisThe Driving Standards Agency has appointed, on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport, 62 driving examiners to conduct driving tests for staff working in their organisations. There are 59 persons authoritised to conduct bus driving tests and three authoritised to conduct car driving tests.
520WThe number of tests conducted and pass rates in 1995 were:
Total Pass rate (per cent.) Passenger Carrying Vehicle tests DSA 15,060 50 Other examiners 6,926 63 Car tests DSA 1,493,642 47 Other examiners 301 72 The armed forces, police and fire brigades are also authorised to conduct driving tests for their staff. Statistics about the pass rates for those organisations are not collected by this Department.