Driving Tests: Motorcycles

Mr. Goodwill
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many candidates took the motorcycle driving test in each of the last 18 months for which figures are available.

Jim Fitzpatrick
The number of candidates who took the practical motorcycle riding test in each of the last 18 months is in the following table.

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|Month    |Candidates (number)|
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|2007     |                   |
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|April    |6,293              |
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|May      |7,590              |
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|June     |8,309              |
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|July     |8,706              |
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|August   |9,214              |
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|September|8,238              |
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|October  |8,458              |
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|November |7,654              |
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|December |4,353              |
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|         |                   |
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|2008     |                   |
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|January  |4,023              |
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|February |4,576              |
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|March    |5,268              |
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|April    |7,772              |
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|May      |8,404              |
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|June     |9,208              |
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|July     |11,285             |
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|August   |11,436             |
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|September|13,517             |
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|October  |7,669              |
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