Written question asked by Helen Goodman (Labour) on Tuesday, 27 March 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 April 2018 (named day). It was answered by Jesse Norman (Conservative) on Monday, 16 April 2018 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Driving Standards Agency: Closures

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test stations have closed in each constituency since 2010.

Answer

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has closed nine driving test centres since 2010; this consists of four car driving test centres, one motorcycle driving test centre and four lorry driving test centres. The sites were closed either because the usage agreement was terminated by the landlord, the property was sold by the site landlord or the site was no longer suitable for testing. The following table shows the name of each driving test centre that has closed, the type of test that was carried out and the constituency:

Name of driving test centre	Type of test	Constituency
Aberporth	Motorcycle	Ceredigion
Ashton-under-Lyne	Car	Ashton Under Lyne
Bromsgrove	Car	Bromsgrove
Congleton	Car	Congleton
Gloucester	Lorry	Gloucester
Islay Island	Lorry	Argyll and Bute
Neath	Lorry	Neath
Rutherglen	Car	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Simonswood (Liverpool)	Lorry	West Lancashire

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Type: Written question
Reference: 134613
Session: 2017-19
Subjects: Closures Driving Standards Agency
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Driving Standards Agency: Closures

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