Driving Tests: Hertfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people (a) took and (b) passed their driving test in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire in each of the last five years. (263059)

There are no driving test centres within Hemel Hempstead. Data for car and motorcycle practical tests in Hertfordshire are shown in the following table.

*Hertfordshire*
	Conducted	Passed	Percentage Pass
Car
2007-08	42,123	18,825	44.7
2006-07	38,994	17,546	45.0
2005-06	35,845	15,828	44.2
2004-05	29,757	13,209	44.4
2003-04	22,361	10,429	46.6

Motorcycle
2007-08	1,163	750	64.5
2006-07	1,215	794	65.3
2005-06	1,461	896	61.3
2004-05	1,420	865	60.9
2003-04	1,318	873	66.2

Practical tests for lorry and bus driving categories are not conducted at test centres within Hertfordshire.

Volume 489: debated on Friday 13 March 2009