§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is the average cost of a driving test per applicant at(a) Crosby, (b) Norris Green, (c) Southport, (d) Garston and (e) St. Helens test centres. [51545]
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§ Ms Glenda JacksonBased on the throughput of tests in the first three months of 1998, the estimated local staff and property cost per test centre is as follows:
£ Test centre Average cost Crosby 29.84 Norris Green 19.00 Southport 14.26 Garston 28.65 St. Helens 20.75
§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is the maximum number of tests which could be carried out per month with existing staff at(a) Crosby, (b) Norris Green, (c) Southport, (d) Garston and (e) St. Helens driving test centres. [51549]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonThe information is as follows:
Test centre Maximum number of tests Crosby 1,680 Norris Green 1,680 Southport 1,120 Garston 1,680 St. Helens 1,120 The figure for Crosby is assessed on the number of staff at the test centre before it was closed in April 1998.
§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many driving tests were conducted at the(a) Crosby, (b) Norris Green, (c) Southport, (d) Garston and (e) St. Helens driving centres during (i) January, (ii) February, (iii) March, (iv) April, (v) May and (vi) June. [51547]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonThe information is as follows:
January to March April to May Crosby 915 0 Norris Green 1,594 822 Southport 805 694 Garston 970 1,040 St. Helens 836 606 The statistics requested have not been collated by monthly total. Figures including July 1998 are not yet available.
§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what were the individual revenue costs including salaries, building costs, leasing costs and any other expenditures in excess of £1,000 per annum of running(a) Crosby, (b) Norris Green, (c) Southport, (d) Garston and (e) St. Helens driving standards test centres in the last year for which figures are available. [51548]
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§ Ms Glenda JacksonThe local staff and property costs of providing driving tests in 1997–98 at each of the centres listed were as follows:
£ Test Centre Revenue Cost Crosby 109,249 Norris Green 121,069 Southport 45,872 Garston 111,053 St. Helens 69,491