Driving Tests

(asked on 5th February 2019) - View Source

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.


Answered by
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
This question was answered on 13th February 2019

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%

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