Speeches

Jim Fitzpatrick – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Fitzpatrick on 2016-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average wait for driving tests is in each English region.

Andrew Jones

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency records its data in four regions, which are; Scotland and North England, Central England and North Wales, South Wales and South West England and London and the South East. The average waiting times in January 2016 for these areas are listed below.

Scotland & North England

Waiting time in weeks

Jan-16

Average Car Waiting time

8.4

Average M/C Mod 1 Waiting time

1.3

Average M/C Mod 2 Waiting time

2.1

Average Voc Waiting time

7.9

Average ADI 2 Waiting time

7.2

Average ADI 3 Waiting time

7.1

Average Taxi Waiting time

8.0

Central England & North Wales

Waiting time in weeks

Jan-16

Average Car Waiting time

8.4

Average M/C Mod 1 Waiting time

1.3

Average M/C Mod 2 Waiting time

2.1

Average Voc Waiting time

7.9

Average ADI 2 Waiting time

7.2

Average ADI 3 Waiting time

7.1

Average Taxi Waiting time

8.0

South Wales & South West England

Waiting time in weeks

Jan-16

Average Car Waiting time

8.7

Average M/C Mod 1 Waiting time

3.6

Average M/C Mod 2 Waiting time

2.1

Average Voc Waiting time

5.7

Average ADI 2 Waiting time

5.7

Average ADI 3 Waiting time

7.8

Average Taxi Waiting time

7.6

London & South East

Waiting time in weeks

Jan-16

Average Car Waiting time

7.5

Average M/C Mod 1 Waiting time

1.5

Average M/C Mod 2 Waiting time

1.5

Average Voc Waiting time

3.3

Average ADI 2 Waiting time

3.8

Average ADI 3 Waiting time

3.3

Average Taxi Waiting time

3.4

National

Waiting time in weeks

Jan-16

Average Car Waiting time

8.4

Average M/C Mod 1 Waiting time

2.7

Average M/C Mod 2 Waiting time

2.4

Average Voc Waiting time

5.3

Average ADI 2 Waiting time

5.5

Average ADI 3 Waiting time

5.9

Average Taxi Waiting time

6.7