Driving Tests
(asked on 17th July 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 274560, what the driving test centre service standard travel distance criteria is; what the locations are of the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with; and which test centres those closed test centres have merged with.
The driving test centre service standard travel distance criteria is as shown in the table below:
Level | Average population for a local authority | Tests generated by candidates | Road distance from test facility | Attainment based on road distance and estimated capacity of test centre |
Service level 1 | 1,250 or more people per square kilometre | 783,276 | 7 miles | 84.0% |
Service level 2 | Between 100 and 1,249 people per square kilometre | 610,410 | 20 miles | 97.0% |
Service level 3 | Fewer than 100 people per square kilometre | 86,709 | 30 miles | 98.2% |
The distance between the closed test centre and the merged test centre, in all 19 cases, met the driving test centre service standard travel distance criteria.
The locations of the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with, and the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with, are shown in the table below:
Locations of the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with | The test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with |
Bredbury | Bredbury |
Hyde | Hyde |
Redditch | Redditch |
Bradford | Bradford (Heaton) |
Chadderton (2) | Chadderton (2) |
Glasgow | Glasgow (Anniesland) |
Cheetham Hill | Cheetham Hill |
Morden | Morden (London) |
Lancing | Lancing |
Barking | Barking (Tanner Street) |
Avonmouth | Avonmouth |
Cambridge (2) | Cambridge (Brookmount Court) (2) |
Llantrisant | Llantrisant |
Mitcham | Mitcham (London) |
Isle of Skye | Isle of Skye (Portree) |
Kingstanding | Kingstanding |
Featherstone | Featherstone |