HC Deb 16 January 2002 vol 378 c344W
Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will estimate the(a) number of driving tests taken per year conducted at each centre in west Yorkshire over the last 10 years, (b) pass rates for written and practical tests at each of these test centres in the last three years and (c) waiting time for each practical test at each centre in the last three years. [26241]

Mr. Spellar

The number of car and motorcycle practical tests conducted, and the associated pass rates, at test centres in west Yorkshire for each of the last three years are shown in the tables. These data are not available for previous years.

in west Yorkshire for the same period are shown in the tables.

Waiting time for practical tests
Weeks
1999–2000 2000–01
Leeds (Horsforth) 7 6.17
Leeds (Harehills) 6.91 6.75
Wakefield 5.45 4.33
Motorcycles
Bradford (Eccleshill) 4.91 2.5
Halifax 2.82 2.5
Leeds (Horsforth) 3.18 2.33

Note:

Wakefield has recently become a testing centre for motorcyclists, but there is no data series.