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