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Driving Tests

Answer

The driving test centre service standard travel distance criteria is as shown in the table below:

Level	Average population for a local authority	Tests generated by candidates	Road distance from test facility	Attainment based on road distance and estimated capacity of test centre
Service level 1	1,250 or more people per square kilometre	783,276	7 miles	84.0%
Service level 2	Between 100 and 1,249 people per square kilometre	610,410	20 miles	97.0%
Service level 3	Fewer than 100 people per square kilometre	86,709	30 miles	98.2%

The distance between the closed test centre and the merged test centre, in all 19 cases, met the driving test centre service standard travel distance criteria.

The locations of the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with, and the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with, are shown in the table below:

Locations of the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with	The test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with
Bredbury	Bredbury
Hyde	Hyde
Redditch	Redditch
Bradford	Bradford (Heaton)
Chadderton (2)	Chadderton (2)
Glasgow	Glasgow (Anniesland)
Cheetham Hill	Cheetham Hill
Morden	Morden (London)
Lancing	Lancing
Barking	Barking (Tanner Street)
Avonmouth	Avonmouth
Cambridge (2)	Cambridge (Brookmount Court) (2)
Llantrisant	Llantrisant
Mitcham	Mitcham (London)
Isle of Skye	Isle of Skye (Portree)
Kingstanding	Kingstanding
Featherstone	Featherstone

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

278524

Session

2017-19

Related items

Driving Tests
Monday, 15 July 2019
Written questions
House of Commons

Subjects

Closures Driving tests Offices

Contains statistics

Yes

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