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Written question asked by Malcolm Moss (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 January 2010. It was answered by Paul Clark (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Driving Tests: Facilities

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport which driving test centres are planned to be relocated in the next three years.
Answer

The driving test centres that the Driving Standards Agency is currently planning to relocate to new locations over the next three years are shown in the following table. These 45 relocations are subject to finding suitable operational locations, negotiating suitable terms with landowners and/or landlords and obtaining any required planning consent.

Driving test centre Relocation date Relocating to
Ayr tbc Ayr multi purpose test centre
Barking tbc Proposed new location at Barking
Barnstaple tbc Proposed new location at Barnstaple
Barry 26 March 2010 Cardiff; Bridgend
Blairgowrie tbc Dundee DTC
Bradford tbc Proposed new location at Bradford Heaton
Bradford, Eccleshill tbc Bradford (new site)
Bristol tbc Proposed new location at Bristol Southmead
Bury St. Edmunds tbc Proposed new location at Bury St. Edmunds
Cambridge tbc Proposed new location for Chesterton Road and possibly Cowley Road
Cardiff tbc Cardiff Fairwater
Cheltenham tbc Cheltenham
Chichester tbc Chichester
Clacton tbc Clacton
Doncaster tbc Doncaster
Dorchester tbc Dorchester
Durham tbc
Falkirk tbc Grangemouth
Fraserburgh January 2010 Fraserburgh
Gillingham tbc Gillingham multi purpose test centre
Greenford Horsenden tbc Greenford Horsenden
Harrogate tbc Knaresborough DTC
Hawick September 2010 Galashiels
Inverness tbc Inverness multi purpose test centre
Isleworth tbc Isleworth
Kilmarnock tbc Irvine (new site)
King's Heath tbc Kings Heath/Shirley (new site)
Leicester, Welford Road tbc Leicester multi purpose test centre
Loughborough tbc Loughborough (new site)
Lowestoft tbc Lowestoft
Manchester, Whalley Range tbc Manchester (new site)
Merthyr Tydfil tbc Proposed new location at Merthyr Tydfil
Mold 30 March 2010 Wrexham DTC
Morden tbc Morden
Northwich tbc Northwich
Nottingham Chalfont Drive tbc New site in Nottingham
Nuneaton and Hinckley tbc Nuneaton
Reddish tbc Stockport multi purpose test centre (Bredbury)
Reading L tbc Reading LGV TBC
Saltcoats tbc Irvine DTC (new site)
Shirley tbc Kings Heath/Shirley (new site)
Sunderland 13 January 2010 Sunderland (new site)
Sutton in Ashfield 18 January 2010 Sutton in Ashfield (new site)
Wakefield 5 February 2010 Wakefield multi purpose test centre (Leeds)
Wisbech 18 March 2010 Kings Lynn multi purpose test centre

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
504 c234-5W; 311035
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Facilities Driving tests
Link
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