Written question asked by Lord Walney (Labour) on Friday, 1 April 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 April 2011. It was answered by Mike Penning (Conservative) on Tuesday, 26 April 2011 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Motorcycles

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member of Ceredigion of 23 June 2010, Official Report, columns 245-46W, on motorcycles: driving tests, what the location is of each multi-purpose test centre; how many are (a) leased and (b) publicly-owned; what the length of each lease agreement is; what the break options in each case are; and what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the public purse of termination in each such case.

Answer: The Driving Standards Agency has 52 Multi Purpose Test Centres (MPTC). Of these:"45 are leasehold properties of which five are ground leases""Six are freehold properties""One property is subject to a Civil Estate Occupation Agreement (CEOA)"The location and lease information of each MPTC has been placed in the Libraries of the House. QSA has not estimated the cost of terminating each lease agreement. To end any lease agreement DSA would have to activate break clauses under the terms of the lease, and to do this successfully the Agency must comply with all the lease covenants. Actioning a break clause does not depend on negotiating a financial settlement.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 527 c88W; 51600
Session: 2010-12
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2011-0691
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Deposited papers
House of Commons; Motorcycles: Driving Tests
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Driving tests Motorcycles
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