Westbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport… (30 since May 2001)

• what increase in the driving test fee would be required to raise the amount of money expected to be saved through closures of driving test centres. (17/7/2008)
• what estimate she has made of the average change in total costs for driving test candidates which will arise from (a) the relocation of the Trowbridge driving test centre in Chippendale and (b) the nationwide programme of test centre closures; and what costs to candidates have been taken into account in making decisions on closures. (15/7/2008)
• what discussions she has had with the European Commission on the work of the CURACAO User Group; whether she has allocated resources to the project in relation to road pricing schemes; what discussions she has had with the project on advice to local authorities on road pricing; what assessment she has made of the contribution of the project to the... (21/5/2008)
• how many driving test centres in England closed in each year since 1997; which driving test centres in England are earmarked for closure by the Driving Standards Agency; what savings have been achieved as a result of closures already implemented; and what estimate she has made of possible savings resulting from future closures. (19/5/2008)
• what criteria she uses to determine whether driving centres should be approved for closure. (8/5/2008)