Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the driving test pass rate by the gender of the candidate (a) was before 4 December 2017 when changes to the test were introduced to include following instructions on a Sat Nav and (b) is currently.
The driving test pass rate for male and female candidates is as follows:
Gender | December 2016 – September 2017 | December 2017 – September 2018 |
Male | 50.5% | 49.4% |
Female | 43.7% | 42.3% |