Motorcycles: Driving Tests

Mr. Goodwill
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many candidates took the practical motorcycle driving test in each month since October 2008.

Jim Fitzpatrick
The information requested is as follows:

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|Month        |Candidates|
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|October 2008 |7,898     |
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|November 2008|7,475     |
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|December 2008|5,484     |
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|January 2009 |4,850     |
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|February 2009|5,367     |
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