To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether her Department carried out impact assessments before the introduction of multi-purpose test centres in rural areas; and if she will make a statement. (180499)

A draft Regulatory Impact Assessment was published as part of the consultation entitled “Delivering the new motorcycle test” in December 2002. This was revised in the light of responses to that consultation. The amended Impact Assessment was published in the Response to Consultation report in March 2004.