Driving: Licensing

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what the pass rate for passenger carrying vehicle licences was for (a) delegated examiners and (b) Driving Standards Agency driving examiners in each financial year since 2000-01. (283685)

The pass rate for candidates taking practical driving tests for passenger carrying vehicles candidates tested by:

(a) driving examiners working for organisations other than the Driving Standards Agency in each financial year since 2000-01 was:

*Percentage*
	Bus company	Fire brigade	Police force	Total PCV tests
2000-01	61.3	92.6	81.4	61.5
2001-02	61.3	100.0	81.0	61.4
2002-03	60.8	96.0	78.7	60.9
2003-04	60.0	84.1	84.4	60.2
2004-05	59.8	85.2	79.5	60.1
2005-06	58.6	88.2	85.3	59.2
2006-07	58.6	83.3	84.3	59.6
2007-08	58.8	83.7	88.9	60.3
2008-09	62.8	90.1	88.9	64.4

(b) examiners working for the Driving Standards Agency in each financial year since 2000-01 was:

	Pass rate (percentage)
2000-01	48
2001-02	45
2002-03	44
2003-04	46
2004-05	44
2005-06	45
2006-07	46
2007-08	50
2008-09	52

Volume 495: debated on Tuesday 7 July 2009