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Driving Tests (Kent)

Answer

The following tables show the results, by category of vehicle, of practical driving tests conducted at test centres in Kent in each of the last five years.

Pass and fails in Kent 2000–01 to 2004–05Cars
	2000–01					2001–02
	Fail	Pass	Total	Percentage Pass	Fail	Pass	Total	Percentage Pass
Ashford (Kent)	1,004	1,067	2,071	51.5	1,299	1,239	2,538	48.8
Broadstairs (Thanet)	1,130	1,178	2,308	51.0	1,321	1,340	2,661	50.4
Canterbury	1,610	1,216	2,826	43.0	1,451	1,143	2,594	44.1
Folkestone	1,487	1,270	2,757	46.1	1,680	1,359	3,039	44.7
Gillingham L and LGV	2,850	1,959	4,809	40.7	3,516	2,421	5,937	40.8
Gravesend	1,947	1,696	3,643	46.6	2,164	1,845	4,009	46.0
Herne Bay	1,340	1,322	2,662	49.7	1,695	1,672	3,367	49.7
Sevenoaks	1,285	1,172	2,457	47.7	1,291	1,124	2,415	46.5
Tunbridge Wells	1,681	1,660	3,341	49.7	1,667	1,602	3,269	49.0
National pass rate	—	—	—	43.9	—	—	—	43.4

	2002–03					2003–04
	Fail	Pass	Total	Percentage Pass	Fail	Pass	Total	Percentage Pass
Ashford (Kent)	1,302	1,279	2,581	49.6	1,332	1,338	2,670	50.1
Broadstairs (Thanet)	1,623	1,456	3,079	47.3	1,433	1,359	2,792	48.7
Canterbury	1,556	1,213	2,769	43.8	1,551	1,144	2,695	42.4
Folkestone	2,016	1,560	3,576	43.6	2,650	1,857	4,507	41.2
Gillingham L and LGV	3,566	2,611	6,177	42.3	3,980	2,608	6,588	39.6
Gravesend	2,255	1,703	3,958	43.0	3,211	2,096	5,307	39.5
Herne Bay	1,969	1,770	3,739	47.3	1,908	1,642	3,550	46.3
Sevenoaks	1,771	1,507	3,278	46.0	1,786	1,421	3,207	44.3
Tunbridge Wells	1,974	1,917	3,891	49.3	1,853	1,830	3,683	49.7
National pass rate	—	—	—	43.2	—	—	—	42.8

	2004–05
	Fail	Pass	Total	Percentage Pass
Ashford (Kent)	1,591	1,588	3,179	50.0
Broadstairs (Thanet)	1,944	1,707	3,651	46.8
Canterbury	1,796	1,323	3,119	42.4
Folkestone	2,366	1,789	4,155	43.1
Gillingham L and LGV	4,508	2,837	7,345	38.6
Gravesend	3,940	2,517	6,457	39.0
Herne Bay	2,577	1,968	4,545	43.3
Sevenoaks	2,710	2,009	4,719	42.6
Tunbridge Wells	2,291	2,303	4,594	50.1
National pass rate	—	—	—	42.1

Bike
	2000–01					2001–02
	Fail	Pass	Total	Percentage Pass	Fail	Pass	Total	Percentage Pass
Ashford (Kent)	146	317	463	68.5	89	185	274	67.5
Broadstairs (Thanet)	111	287	398	72.1	96	214	310	69.0
Folkestone	93	200	293	68.3	80	182	262	69.5
Gillingham L and LGV	338	576	914	63.0	361	566	927	61.1
Tunbridge Wells	159	317	476	66.6	132	340	472	72.0
National pass rate	—	—	—	66.2	—	—	—	65.8

	2002–03					2003–04
	Fail	Pass	Total	Percentage Pass	Fail	Pass	Total	Percentage Pass
Ashford (Kent)	2	4	6	66.7	0	0	0	0.0
Broadstairs (Thanet)	108	282	390	72.3	162	345	507	68.0
Folkestone	149	345	494	69.8	146	302	448	67.4
Gillingham L and LGV	456	708	1,164	60.8	408	707	1,115	63.4
Tunbridge Wells	163	353	516	68.4	163	374	537	69.6
National pass rate	—	—	—	64.7	—	—	—	64.5

	2004–05
	Fail	Pass	Total	Percentage Pass
Ashford (Kent)	0	0	0	0.00
Broadstairs (Thanet)	173	348	521	66.8
Folkestone	101	231	332	69.6
Gillingham L and LGV	381	640	1,021	62.7
Tunbridge Wells	152	341	493	69.2
National pass rate	—	—	—	64.4

LGV (Lorry)
	2000–01					2001–02
	Fail	Pass	Total	Percentage Pass	Fail	Pass	Total	Percentage Pass
Canterbury LGV	113	99	212	46.7	243	233	476	48.9
Gillingham L and LGV	472	479	951	50.4	741	755	1,496	50.5
National pass rate	—	—	—	53.0	—	—	—	52.0

	2002–03					2003–04
	Fail	Pass	Total	Percentage Pass	Fail	Pass	Total	Percentage Pass
Canterbury LGV	319	282	601	46.9	334	310	644	48.1
Gillingham L and LGV	818	813	1,631	49.8	751	808	1,559	51.8
National pass rate	—	—	—	49.4	—	—	—	48.8

	2004–05
	Fail	Pass	Total	Percentage Pass
Canterbury LGV	458	364	822	44.3
Gillingham L and LGV	1,146	1,060	2,206	48.1
National pass rate	—	—	—	46.0

PCV(Bus)
	2000–01					2001–02
	Fail	Pass	Total	Percentage pass	Fail	Pass	Total	Percentage pass
Canterbury LGV	35	27	62	43:5	38	53	91	58.2
Gillingham L and LGV	74	81	155	52.3	213	159	372	42.7
National pass rate	—	—	—	48.0	—	—	—	45.0

	2002–03					2003–04
	Fail	Pass	Total	Percentage pass	Fail	Pass	Total	Percentage pass
Canterbury LGV	61	41	102	40.2	44	40	84	47.6
Gillingham L and LGV	324	231	555	41.6	286	217	503	43.1
National pass rate	—	—	—	44.0	—	—	—	46.0

	2004–05
	Fail	Pass	Total	Percentage Pass
Canterbury LGV	68	44	112	39.3
Gillingham L and LGV	276	164	440	37.3
National pass rate	—	—	—	44.0

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

436 c18-21W; 8054

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Driving tests Kent