FOI release

Category D practical tests by test centre 2010/11 and 2011/12 and Category D and D+E practical tests by age 2005/06 and 2011/12

Published 28 August 2013

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

This is Freedom of Information request IA/0007413.

Do you have the current number of drivers completed the CPC as you gave me in the C+E data that shows how many people have completed their hours in the bands

For the 2010/11 and 2011/12 financial years, please supply:

1. Request 1

A breakdown of all Cat D driver practical tests taken and passed by test centre - this can be a combined figure.

2. Response

Information about category D (passenger carrying vehicles (PCV)) tests is published on our website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/driving-test-operational-statistics. This information is therefore exempt under section 21 (information accessible by other means) of the FoIA. A copy of this exemption is attached at Annex A.

3. Request 2

A breakdown of total Cat D and D+E drivers that have taken the same practical test by age groups 17-20, 21-25, 26-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60 and 60 and over between the 2005/06 and 2011/12 financial years.

4. Response

The table below shows the breakdown of category D and D + E tests conducted and passed by financial year.

Year	Age	Cat D Total	Pass	% Pass	Cat D+E Total	Pass	% Pass
2005/06	Unknown	1	1	100.0	0	0	0.0
	17-20	240	105	43.8	0	0	0.0
	21-25	916	405	44.2	2	1	50.0
	26-30	884	392	44.3	6	4	66.7
	31-40	2,176	938	43.1	13	8	61.5
	41-50	2,051	816	39.8	6	1	16.7
	51-60	1,158	414	35.8	6	3	50.0
	60+	159	49	30.8	1	0	0.0
	Totals	7,585	3,120	41.1	34	17	50.0
2006/07	Unknown	10	9	90.0	0	0	0.0
	17-20	219	102	46.6	0	0	0.0
	21-25	683	331	48.5	3	2	66.7
	26-30	711	309	43.5	2	1	50.0
	31-40	1,772	751	42.4	16	11	68.8
	41-50	1,588	679	42.8	2	1	50.0
	51-60	975	370	37.9	2	0	0.0
	60+	126	40	31.7	1	0	0.0
	Totals	6,084	2,591	42.6	26	15	57.7
2007/08	Unknown	3	2	66.7	0	0	0.0
	17-20	267	131	49.1	0	0	0.0
	21-25	859	421	49.0	3	3	100.0
	26-30	783	369	47.1	3	3	100.0
	31-40	1,706	753	44.1	6	5	83.3
	41-50	1,752	777	44.3	12	5	41.7
	51-60	836	343	41.0	0	0	0.0
	60+	115	42	36.5	2	2	100.0
	Totals	6,321	2,838	44.9	26	18	69.2
2008/09	Unknown	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
	17-20	240	116	48.3	0	0	0.0
	21-25	741	363	49.0	4	1	25.0
	26-30	812	406	50.0	10	8	80.0
	31-40	1,644	755	45.9	14	8	57.1
	41-50	1,642	712	43.4	8	6	75.0
	51-60	914	388	42.5	2	2	100.0
	60+	146	57	39.0	0	0	0.0
	Totals	6,139	2,797	45.6	38	25	65.8
2009/10	Unknown	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
	17-20	114	60	52.6	0	0	0.0
	21-25	578	283	49.0	1	1	100.0
	26-30	711	337	47.4	1	1	100.0
	31-40	1,491	664	44.5	10	8	80.0
	41-50	1,362	596	43.8	8	6	75.0
	51-60	872	368	42.2	2	1	66.7
	60+	157	53	33.8	1	1	0.0
	Totals	5,285	2,361	44.7	23	18	78.3
2010/11	Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0
	17-20	172	83	48.3	0	0	0.0
	21-25	572	283	49.5	3	2	66.7
	26-30	679	311	45.8	3	3	100.0
	31-40	1,359	630	46.4	3	2	66.7
	41-50	1,391	631	45.4	10	7	70.0
	51-60	744	336	45.2	6	5	83.3
	60+	103	48	46.6	3	2	66.7
	Totals	5,020	2,322	46.3	28	21	75.0
2011/12	Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0
	17-20	192	101	52.6	0	0	0.0
	21-25	619	329	53.2	4	4	100.0
	26-30	723	356	49.2	0	0	0.0
	31-40	1,494	671	44.9	12	8	66.7
	41-50	1,301	591	45.4	2	2	100.0
	51-60	702	304	43.3	4	2	50.0
	60+	92	42	45.7	0	0	0.0
	Totals	5,123	2,394	46.7	22	16	72.7

Please note that the above tables exclude candidates taking the D1 or D1 + E tests.